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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Unfortunately, we do not have much time for this session. We hope to have our guests back before for another meeting when we will have more time to interrogate them. We have approximately one hour and 15 minutes for this session. I welcome Ms Marie Bourke, principal officer in the climate action and economic infrastructure policy unit of the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Hennessy. I now invite Mr. McCabe to make his opening remarks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Owens. I might ask a few quick questions. I hope our guests can be succinct in their answers. My first question is for Mr. Owens and relates to the EU taxonomy. While it is not decided yet, the European Council and the European Parliament need to make their decision. The concern in this committee is that labelling nuclear and gas as green energy in Europe could send a signal...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Does Mr. Owens think it might slow down the development of our own resource?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Will Mr. McCabe answer the question on the resourcing of An Bord Pleanála and MARA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. McCabe for being very clear in his answer. I will move on to Senator Boylan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: We appreciate succinct answers. We do not have too much time. It is good to have that on the record. We spoke with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities recently and encouraged it to do that risk analysis. It makes sense that every arm of the State looks at that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: We probably will have time for a second round. I will move to the Senator's colleague, Deputy O'Rourke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: The questions are for the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Does Ms Hennessy wish to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is the one Department that is not here today so I am not sure their colleagues across-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: If anyone wants to answer on behalf of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, he or she is very welcome to do so. I think the first two questions were probably for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment but if other officials wish to come in on those questions, they are welcome to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Okay. Everybody can have a go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I think Deputy Bruton's overarching question was what could be done now that the framework is there to take things to an even more ambitious level - as terrifying as that might sound to the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: The officials have been so good and effective and stimulating the data centre industry in Ireland. There are challenges with that, of course, but I am sure they can be as effective at inviting foreign direct investment and getting it set up. I appreciate Mr. Curran's points about piggy-backing off the UK's industrial heritage and economy. However, we need to look to the likes of Germany...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: We have three more members looking to come in and 20 minutes left. I will try to speed things along as best I can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I am going to push the Senator to finish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Does Mr. Owens wish to respond to the Senator's first question on our ambition and not being agnostic, as it were?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I ask Mr. Owens to respond briefly. We need to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: The Senator asked questions on the State's role and the MPAs. Doe Ms Hennessy wish to respond?