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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank all the speakers for coming in. I will start of with Mr. Moran and wind energy. It has mythical status at this stage, but Mr. Moran can elaborate on it. Is it more commercially viable to go offshore? Are we looking at a change in wind energy where the move is offshore and no longer onshore?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: There is some suspicion that the strategy developments will make it easier for wind farms to get planning. Given that it is probably more expensive to develop a wind farm onshore now, is it a case that it will be larger scale wind farms Wind Energy Ireland will consider onshore?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Good stuff. I thank Mr. Moran. My next question is for the CIF. When we talk about house building, we are fixated on the big cities but it is a major problem in rural Ireland as well. Longford County Council did an exercise recently. Currently, it has 900 units for which there is planning but they have not been activated. We have a unique problem. Mr. Parlon will be familiar with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Percentage wise, what is that costing the builder?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Kelleher. IIP and PII are like twins. We all agree we have to build more houses. That is obvious. I do not accept the theory that they, the investors, are the bogey. That is all wrong. It is important that we get investors into the market. Builders tell us it is hard to get investors into construction at present. We got burned in the past when we looked at tax...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Farrell and the Chair.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Bill and commend the Minister of State on his work on it to date. It is a key plank in the programme for Government. For the public looking on, one key point that jumps out is that the Bill embeds a key principle from the commission's report. This is that preventing crime and harm and making our communities safe does not rest with An Garda Síochána and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Murray. Mr. Pat Glennon and Mr. Mike Glennon for coming in here today. It is indicative and reflective of the forestry sector that we have two family businesses in front of us today - family businesses steeped in rural Ireland over several generations and very much at the heart of their local community. Despite their obvious success, they have probably been largely under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Obviously, Mr. Murray is dealing with farmers and producers daily, and that is the message he is getting. The message we have been getting from the Department is that measures have been taken, the problem has been remedied, and that the licences are going to start flowing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Obviously the Coillte and Gresham House deal is one that has perplexed Mr. Murray a lot. His is a voice that we have not heard in here, because he is reflective of the timber industry. We have a heard a lot from the IFA, and from farming groups, in relation to forestry. Could Mr. Murray expand on Coillte's position in the market, and succinctly explain its significance but also the threat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Perhaps the Glennons might be able to speak to the Scottish experience. We have heard an awful lot about Gresham House, and I know that it is active in Scotland, in both plants and afforestation. What is the Gresham House experience in Scotland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We could almost say we have had as many reports, working groups and consultations as we have trees.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I want to bring it back to the Scottish experience. Obviously, we are being told that the Gresham House joint venture with Coillte will result in more planting of trees. In Scotland, with which Mr. Glennon is familiar, what happens when an investment company like that comes in? Does it plant trees?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: What has been the Scottish experience with land pricing and log pricing when it became involved? At a corporate level, what happened with the market?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Fáilte Ireland will open a call for applications under the platforms for growth or large grant scheme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8407/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann supplied all the figures used in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9156/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann had sight of all the figures used in a report (details supplied) prior to the report being written; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9157/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active racing greyhound owners registered with Rásaíocht Con Éireann for each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9158/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9160/23]