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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Bourke. I now invite Ms Hennessy to make her opening statement.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: At the weekend, I found myself on the ferry back from Cherbourg, France, to Rosslare. I was returning from a series of meetings in Paris at which the challenges of the current crises, relating to energy, food security, refugees and the strategic autonomy of the European Union, were discussed in depth. While those discussions were heavy and solemn, it was not until I boarded that ferry and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Chair and I welcome our guests today. I thank them for coming into the committee. Some of my colleagues noted earlier that this is a sad story. I would like to put on the record that the work of Bord na Móna is not a sad story at all. It is a very positive story from recent years. The company has shown leadership and bravery in adopting its brown to green strategy....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I mean horticultural peat. Am I correct to say that Bord na Móna has reached an agreement with ICL to develop a new media?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: Will the agreement last three years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: Will that primarily be research and have we reached the point where we can talk about ramping up output?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the witnesses for their insight. I commend Bord na Móna for going into a very difficult space and we need to see that leadership across the State. Well done.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: EU Directives (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: 20. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to fully transpose the Work Life Balance Directive EU 2019/1158; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15359/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Proposed Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: 43. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to follow the model utilised in New Zealand to outlaw conversion therapy; when he expects to be in a position to legislate in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15358/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: The Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Cahill, intended to chair the meeting. It is an initiative that has been led by his committee. It is certainly a very welcome initiative for it and the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action, which I chair, to work together. As I understand it, this is the first time the two committees have had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: Mr. Savage, who has just joined us, is very welcome. He is the co-founder and chairman of Moonsyst International. Before we begin, I will read out the note on privilege. We will have other witnesses joining us online at a later stage. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am sorry to interrupt Deputy Fitzmaurice and Mr. Savage but we are here to talk about the issue generally rather than any specific product. I know Mr. Savage represents a particular company but, as a committee, we do not want to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I know Mr. Savage was answering the question Deputy Fitzmaurice put to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Savage. I am going to push things along because we have to finish the session at 10.30 a.m. We have half an hour and I have four members looking to come in. I propose that we take eight minutes for questions and answers for each of the members. I call Deputy Bruton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: Today the committee continues its series of sessions on energy broadly, the wider ambition we have and the potential, opportunity and challenges we have in the area. We are thinking bigger than our domestic opportunity but also the international dimension. Today we will discuss offshore wind, floating and fixed, east coast and west, and the supply chain and logistics development as well as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Keating for his statement. This part of the meeting is confined to one hour, so I propose that each member of the committee takes two minutes to address questions to the witnesses. That will ensure we get through all the questions. We may then have time for a second and third round of questions. When we talk about the west coast offshore potential, we are really talking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I was about to say that Senator Pauline O'Reilly will be making a video for her social media channels on the back of this. Deputy Cronin is joining us from her office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: If we find ourselves in that scenario of catastrophic climate change, all bets are off and we will be in a very different position. Hopefully, we do act quickly enough to forestall that possibility. We do not want to find ourselves in that position. The next speaker is Deputy Bríd Smith. I ask her to confirm that she is in her office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: My colleague, Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan, is unable to attend and has sent his apologies. The Deputy takes a very keen interest in offshore issues. He would like to know if Shannon Foynes Port Company is aware of any impediment to Irish fishers registering their vessels to take part and assist in the construction and maintenance of offshore floating wind farms and, if such impediment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Keating and Mr. Hallissey for their contributions, which were incredibly interesting. They have outlined to us the opportunities that are there but also what needs to be done to achieve them. The committee will draft a report in the coming weeks and will be keen to ensure that those points are included in it. I propose to suspend the meeting for a couple of minutes to allow...