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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 60: In page 9, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(2A) The Climate Action Plan must also, with reference to the just transition principles— (a) explain how the proposals and policies set out in the plan are expected to affect different sectors, households, communities, and regions, including how they are expected to affect employment in...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I do. I will seek a vote on this. I expect we will have the same debate on amendment No. 69 which is not far ahead, and I will also look for a vote on that. I am happy to move that amendment now in the interest of efficiency, unless we must go in chronological order.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 61: In page 9, line 27, to delete “, in the Minister’s opinion,”. Amendments Nos. 61 to 63, inclusive, seek to do the same thing. Obviously, they are supported by a number of Deputies of different persuasions. It is about tightening up and trying to address the get-out clauses, for want of a better term, of the current Bill. The phrase,...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 62: In page 9, line 30, to delete “, in the Minister’s opinion,”.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 63: In page 9, line 32, to delete ", in the Minister's opinion,".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 69: In page 10, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: "(6A) The national long term climate action strategy must also, with reference to the just transition principles— (a) explain how the proposals and policies set out in the plan are expected to affect different sectors, households, communities, and regions, including how they are expected to...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 83: In page 11, line 17, to delete "endeavours, in so far as is practicable, to". The amendment propose to delete these words in order to strengthen the obligation of the Minister and the Government to deliver on a just transition to maximise employment opportunities and support persons and communities who may be negatively affected by the transition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank all the witnesses for that useful information. I might not get to question all of the guests due to time constraints but I am sure other members of the committee will. I thank them all for their contributions. I might ask Mr. Larkin and Mr. O'Reilly about their experience of working with companies and what the difference is between a mature and an immature organisation in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. O'Reilly. I have some questions on the recruitment and retention environment. There has been considerable discussion about the comparatively small number of staff in the NCSC and the lack of a director. Does Mr. Walsh share that concern or have any sense of the type of staff that such services require? What is the rate of retention or attrition? Is pay a factor or does it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for the update. I will pick up on some of the points already made, but I will come at it from the perspective of the increase in budget that happened last year. I have raised this previously with the Minister of State and with the Minister for Transport. What prompted the tripling of the budget then? Is it the case that flags were raised and the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State. Based on what we heard yesterday and at previous committee meetings, we will all be very interested in that review, and especially in the scale of investment needed. We can also see what comes out with regard to the suggestion that the sector and the National Cyber Security Centre is possibly under-resourced to a significant degree. More broadly, I want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: This committee has been asked to do a number of things. We have been asked to call for the base to be protected, for jobs to be maintained, for the decision to be reversed and for no redundancies or offshoring to happen. This is something we should do and I support that proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I have a question for Ms Connolly and I ask her to respond from the point of view of Cork, Shannon and Dublin. My sense of it is that some of this is, at the very least, strategic. Previous contributors suggested that this is a strategy on the part of the company which is possibly using Covid-19 as a cover. Reference was also made to the extent of State supports. What does the future hold...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: May I move amendment No. 92?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It is grouped with amendment No. 91.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: That is fine. The points have been made. I just wanted to move amendment No. 92.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 96: In page 12, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(c) in subsection (8), to delete “A Minister of the Government shall, in the performance of his or her” and substitute “The Government and a Minister of the Government shall, in the performance of his or her or its”.”. We discussed this earlier and had a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to raise a couple of points arising out of the discussion. Regarding the Minister of State's amendment No. 107, a number of alternative formulas of words were put forward and, I think, ruled out of order. I am not sure whether this has been considered or whether the Minister of State has a perspective on it. I think the formula the Minister of State has come up with is a...