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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: Does anyone else wish to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Horton and call Deputy Whitmore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I do not know if the IFI wants to come in on that. We have also heard how complex these issues are from a science and regulatory side.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: Deputy O'Sullivan has been waiting very patiently to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I would like to come in on that question because those are very pertinent questions and observations. We are straying into the remit of other State agencies. It would be very good to hear what the witnesses have to say about how the remit might be changed. I know it is a sensitive thing, and perhaps more so with the IFI, but our more independent witnesses might have strong views on that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: Does Mr. Gallagher wish to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: Thank you. I should have said “Dr. Gallagher”, not “Mr. Gallagher”, and acknowledged your credentials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: Does Mr. O'Donnell want to name the agencies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I do not know if Deputy O'Rourke wants to press him on that but it seems we do need to hear who they are. I understand the sensitivity of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I think part of it is in Limerick. It stretches up into Tipperary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: Deputy Whitmore do you want to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: Whatever about the Department of housing, which IFI is very involved with, we will have the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform at the committee meeting on Thursday, so I am sure Deputy Whitmore will be interested in asking the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, about the investment in the public sector and about making those roles permanent. We are at the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the concern raised in the recent ESRI report, The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity, submitted to his Department to the effect that the eastern and midland region is experiencing a share of population growth beyond that envisaged in the context of the 2040 target; the steps his Department will take...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: This very much relates to my earlier question. I ask the Minister for his views on the concern raised in the recent ESRI report that was submitted to the Department, The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity, which states that the eastern and midland region is experiencing a share of population growth beyond that envisaged in the context of the 2040 target. Perhaps the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister. The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, has a very important role to play here with respect to the strategic development of the country. What we are trying to do with the NPF is rebalance our island. That is the stated objective. To that end, we have to take the opportunity presented. The way to do this is by investing in the right kind of infrastructure. We have to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister. He will probably agree that it requires political courage to make some of these decisions because the pressure is very much towards reacting to what we see around us rather than the long term. I was reminded of the of the courage of the late Séamus Brennan, a Minister in the 2007 to 2011 Government, who decided to reopen the Galway to Limerick railway line. At...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent ESRI report submitted to his Department, The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity, the steps his Department will take to address the limitation of data to evaluate investment in infrastructure projects for balanced regional development as indicated in the report; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I ask the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform for his views on the recent ESRI report submitted to his Department entitled The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity. Will the Minister outline the steps his Department is taking to address the limitation of data to evaluate investment in infrastructure projects, in particular with a view to achieving...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for his answer. I suppose he will agree with me that quality of data is critically important. When we are spending millions and billions of public money, whatever way we spend it, that will have an impact on this country for decades, if not centuries, to come. Acknowledging those impacts, and that we are shaping the nation when we make these decisions, it is imperative...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I agree with the thrust of the national planning framework and the national development plan and what we are trying to do. The ESRI report hints that we are not really on track and are not achieving the balance that is so critically important. If we want a greater and bigger economy, and a bigger country in terms of the wealth that will underpin the society we are trying to serve, balanced...