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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: There was a question about challenges in maintenance of the grid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: I call the Minister who will be followed by the regulator and then EirGrid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: We are really running out of time. Does anyone from EirGrid want to come in on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: On the 9% increase.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: We do not have time for an argument on this because there are still six or seven committee members and non-members who wish to contribute. I propose we continue until 3.30 p.m. Senator McGahon is next on my list but Deputy Bríd Smith needs to leave soon so I ask Senator McGahon to give way to the Deputy first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: If I could come in on Deputy Bruton's question on the opportunity, none of the witnesses has mentioned hydrogen and its potential. Is there an opportunity there to accelerate utilising hydrogen, notwithstanding that we would be probably one of the first to do so? Is there an opportunity for us to take a leap forward and be a global leader in providing hydrogen for balancing and storage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: It is good to hear that. I think those are all of Deputy Bruton’s questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: As nobody is in a hurry, I have asked the clerk to request that we stay here until 4 o’clock. Deputy Fitzmaurice wants to come in, as does Senator Lombard, and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: No, as we are still in the first round, Deputy Fitzmaurice may go first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Deputy. The first questions are for EirGrid and for the CRU on the timelines around offshore wind.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: We will move along.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: The other questions were by and large to the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister and Deputy Fitzmaurice. We are coming to the end of the first round and we are running out of time. A number of members and non-members want to contribute again and I will take them all together. If there is any time remaining after that, I will put their questions to the witnesses. Otherwise I will ask for responses in writing. I invite Senator Tim Lombard to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: I am very happy with the level of engagement. Many non-members and members have turned up and we are almost out of time, with only slightly over ten minutes left. Those who have indicated a wish to speak in the second round will have a maximum of one minute each. There will probably be a few minutes for our guests to respond to the most pertinent and important questions. I ask that they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: I lost control earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: There are just a few minutes left. I will afford our guests an opportunity to comment on the questions but ask them to be very brief. If they do not get to questions, I ask them to respond in writing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms MacAvilly. Does Mr. Foley want to have the last word?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Foley and Dr. Ryan. It is just after 4 p.m. I thank all our guests for coming in today. It was an incredibly thorough discussion and very complex in parts. I thank members and non-members for their contributions, which were very valuable. We could probably stay here for a few more hours to tease this out more but we will not. We might have the witnesses in at some future...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank our guests for attending. I particularly welcome Mr. Hourigan, who is from Limerick. It is a wonder that either of us made it to the meeting, given the celebrations in recent days with Limerick winning the All-Ireland hurling final. It is good to be here and to have our guests here. I am hearing divergence between the three guests who have contributed on the issue of the natural...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Professor Allen. I understand that. He has clarified things for me. It is really important that we do not walk out of this room and say that methane from ruminant livestock is effectively benign because it is part of this natural cycle. The inference from that would be that we could increase numbers by ten or 100 times and it would not matter. Professor Allen is not saying that...