Results 2,541-2,560 of 4,573 for speaker:Brian Leddin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: My question is for the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. There are strong reasons for reactivating our large vacant housing stock. There is, of course, housing need, as well as environmental reasons and revitalising towns and villages. My colleague Deputy Matthews, Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, today launched a report that recommends...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: Apologies have been received from Deputy Alan Farrell and Senator Higgins. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss governance and delivery of climate action in local authorities and community-led climate action at a local level. We have with us officials from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and representatives from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Deegan for his opening statement. I now invite members to ask questions. I propose, as usual, that each member take just two minutes in which to ask questions. Is that agreed? Agreed. I believe there will be time for second and third rounds. If witnesses wish to respond to any question, they should indicate that and they will be facilitated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: Senator Boylan got quite a few questions at the expense of her colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, who is the next speaker.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: I will ask a question related to Deputy Ó Rourke's. I thank the witnesses for the information on RESS 1 and 2. It seems the number of projects is still very small. The figure of 23 MW for RESS 1 was mentioned. I do not know, regarding RESS 2, what came out the other day for community projects in terms of output. What is the ambition for community renewable energy? Those numbers are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: Can the witnesses give a sense of community projects that have not succeeded in RESS? If there are a lot of those, are we doing something wrong?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: Of the seven, did they all proceed to construction and connection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: On that point, and I know the Deputy was not able to make the private meeting, we are going to invite the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage officials back in as part of this series, which is very important. I echo the disappointment that they are not here today. We are also going to have representatives of the local government organisations in the sessions that are coming up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: Excuse me. I want to be fair to Deputy Bríd Smith, who has been waiting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: I am glad to hear that Deputies Smith and Bruton are on the same page. I believe that is a first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: We will not go around west Cork.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: I am just conscious that the question is probably more for officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I will leave it to the Deputy, though.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: We invited officials from the Department to attend, but they were unable to. We will ask them to attend to address issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: There was an answer to the effect that it was up to the local authorities to apply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: Okay. Let us give our guests an opportunity to answer. Dr. Byrne might begin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: We have invited the representative group of the elected members of the councils but also the representative group of the officials. They are due next week, as indeed are the climate adaptation regional offices. Ms Corcoran wishes to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: Do our guests wish to make any other contributions? They do not. Deputy Devlin is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Deputy. I ask Dr. Byrne to begin on the acronyms.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: It is very interesting to hear that. I thank Mr. Somers and Deputy Devlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Brian Leddin: That is probably a question for next week.