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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: Thank you, Deputy. That was way over the two minutes, as I have been reminded by one of the members. There are quite a few questions there for Ms MacEvilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. McGowan. Adding to Deputy Cronin's question regarding the challenge we have in this area, it is brilliant that we are doing so well in respect of the percentage of renewables we can push onto the grid. I think over the last two weekends that figure went up to 80% and beyond, with wind energy accounting for 70%. When we get to 2030, we want to be using at least 80% renewables...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: The witnesses may also be glad to know that although we have not yet agreed our work plan, we will do much more on the broader energy element in the next few months. We may well have the witnesses back here sooner rather than later. We will certainly have other stakeholders before us as well. We really want to figure out how we can meet this vast challenge that we have as quickly as...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (10 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the funding commitment to supporting decarbonisation of the SME sector; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6936/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (10 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: 133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress which has been made on a recent announcement from his Department that an action plan for organics will be published shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (10 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to provide additional resources to monitor welfare standards by increasing the veterinary presence available on all live export consignments to third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7004/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: I welcome our guests. It is wonderful to have four of them in the committee room and fantastic to be back to having witnesses in the committee room. I also welcome Mr. Sheehan, who is joining us online. Mr. Sheehan and I met in the climate committee five or six months ago and our session then was very interesting. I am not coming at this from a farming background and would not pretend to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am thinking of the climate challenge and I think I read in one of the briefing papers that we can say our hedgerows sequester something like half a megatonne. That is significant in terms of the reductions we are trying to get.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: Is that potential based on new hedgerows or rehabilitating existing hedgerows?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: We have an ambitious target for 2030, which is not that far away. There is huge value and potential in hedgerows but we are trying to get to net zero by 2050, so there is a 30-year challenge. It seems that however difficult the 2030 challenge might be with growing new hedgerows, sequestration and so on, we should be taking the 30-year potential very seriously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: Indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: That is good to hear. We may bring Hedgerows Ireland before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action at some point to speak further about it. Others may speak on how hedgerows enhance practices on the farm. What we are trying to solve here in many ways is a real challenge for farmers throughout the country. We know many of them are struggling. We think there is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: I welcome the witnesses who are on site and those who are joining us online. It is good to have them here. On organics, I was very happy to hear my colleague Deputy Martin Browne raise that issue. I note the scheme was opened to farmers today. Let us hope there is a good uptake. All members of this committee are in agreement that we are good at what we do in Ireland in agriculture....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: The following question is to all of the witnesses. Is the door still open on CAP? As I understand it, it is very much in the political space now. Is that correct? Is it the case that if we are clear enough in what we are looking for and are loud enough, we can influence that political decision that would be coming from Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Duggan.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business of Select Committee (8 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: We are waiting for the Minister of State to arrive. We understand that he is on his way. I propose that we suspend the meeting until he arrives. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: This meeting has been convened to consider the revised Estimate for Vote 29, programmes A, B and C. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ossian Smyth. The proposed format of today's meeting is that the Minister of State will make an opening statement and we will deal with Vote 29 on a programme-by-programme basis. There...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State for his opening statement. We will commence with questions from members on programme A. When posing their questions I ask members to clearly indicate the subhead they are referring to within the programme. I also ask that they limit their questions to one subhead at a time as this will allow other members with questions on that subhead to speak before moving...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: The Minister of State may take a question on his opening statement if he wishes.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: I will invite the Deputy back in, if she wants to ask more specific questions on the subheads.