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Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: Six months.

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: False.

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: I very much agree with Deputy McAuliffe who spoke before Deputy Nolan. The thrust of this amendment actually chimes with some of the points the Rural Independent Group was making. It is not so much that is very much in favour of electric vehicles but that it is about broadening the remit of the zero-emission-vehicle office to other forms of electric mobility. That would be positive. The...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: I move amendment No. 3: In page 54, line 11, after “importance” to insert the following: “and is primarily for the purposes of providing public transport or active (walking or cycling) transport infrastructure, only where the scheme or proposed road development will not contribute to carbon emissions from the transport sector and only where the scheme or proposed road...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: I move amendment No. 1: In page 52, line 11, after “fixed” to insert “and mobile”. This is a straightforward amendment to make this part of the legislation less prescriptive. My suggestion is to include the words "and mobile" after "fixed", so that it captures the possibility that cameras and closed-circuit television, CCTV, can be mounted on buses, etc....

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: I move amendment No. 2: In page 53, line 37, to delete “and refuelling infrastructure”. I will take all these together. Amendments Nos. 2 and 10 to 16, inclusive, are about clarifying the legislation around zero-emission vehicles. The existing draft goes some way to explaining what a zero-emission vehicle is, but it does not go far enough. The Minister is on the record...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: Yes. My contribution captured all of them.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: Yesterday, the Government published its summary report on the sectoral emissions ceilings for the two carbon budgets that have been agreed through to 2030. It is clear we have a huge challenge ahead of us in all sectors but I want to speak about transport. The climate action plan has a transport section and there is some really good stuff in it in terms of getting more people onto public...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Leddin: In a functioning planning system, despite our misgivings and frustrations with decisions, we lean on the integrity of the system. That integrity assures us that while we may disagree with the decision, it was made in good faith, with total objectivity, cognisant of all the arguments by all the stakeholders, and employing expertise and knowledge greater than our own. In a functioning system...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Matthews and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I somewhat agree with my colleague across the House, Deputy Canney, when he said that planning has gone from bad to worse to crazy. While I agree with him, it is probably for different reasons because we look at planning differently, but his points were well made. The Minister referred to several new amendments in respect of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am substituting for my colleague, Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. Can the Minister provide an outline of the value of the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal survey for policymaking across Government, when it is anticipated the new cohort will be created, how large this cohort will be, and if he will make a statement on this matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: I agree with the Minister that we are all delighted with the new cohort and I very much welcome his answer. The very best form of policy is evidence-based. We can see that with the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal study, which kicked off about 15 or 16 years ago, how important it has been in developing policy and in the operational and funding decisions by the Minister and his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: I will be brief and I thank the Minister. I might ask him some supplementary questions in the time available which he might address. If he wishes to expand, he can provide a written answer. Can the Minister tell the House the plans he has to ensure that the Growing Up in Ireland survey data continues to be widely used as we go forward and how the Government and future governments can use...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: I welcome the Minister's answer. I can see that a lot of work has gone into ensuring the financial stability of the early learning and childcare services sector. I have been contacted by many parents in my constituency in Limerick who are extremely worried about the availability and affordability of the early years schemes. It is reassuring that so many service providers have signed up...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thought I had two minutes in this slot.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for his recent visit to Limerick, especially to King's Island, which is an important example. He mentioned that interest in the core funding is quite high. If I may, I will ask a follow-up question in that regard. I have also received some queries on the topic of core funding mainly in regard to the cohort of smaller services that provide only the early childhood care...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on take-up of the transition payment for early years providers; how effective has the payment been in ensuring financial stability; if he expects similar take-up of core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36742/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2022)

Brian Leddin: I wish to ask the Minister if he will provide an update on take-up of the transition payment for early years providers, how effective has the payment been in ensuring financial stability, if he expects similar take-up of core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I welcome the Bill, the Minister of State's opening statement and today's debate. I certainly agree with him that we should seek to be constructive in our debate on this legislation. Many of the points made have been constructive. I have not seen the amendments put forward, but I am interested to see them. If they are constructive and add to the Bill, we should consider accepting them. ...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: How we have appraised infrastructure projects historically has not been appropriate because we have done so in a very narrow way and applied a short-term view. We often do not take the wider and longer-term benefits of infrastructure into account and we have got it wrong time and again. Projects such as the western rail corridor will not add up if we look at them through a narrow lens....