Results 301-320 of 4,573 for speaker:Brian Leddin
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: In that case, we will proceed to programme B and take general questions at the end.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: Thank you, Deputy O'Rourke.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: If you want, go ahead, Deputy O'Rourke.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: I will bring in Deputy Farrell if it is on programme B. We will take his question.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: If there are no other questions on programme B we will move to programme C.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: Are there any other questions on programme C? Deputy Bruton wishes to make a contribution. I remind members that it is now past 2 p.m.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: As there are no other questions, I will finish by echoing Deputy Bruton's words. I do not want to be presumptuous as this may not be the Minister's final appearance before the committee. We will see how things go in the next few months but it may be his last appearance. The Minister's engagements with the committee have always been very thorough, professional and informative and we...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Message to Dáil (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Environment and Climate Actions has completed its consideration of the following Further Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications - programmes A, B and C.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: The purpose of the meeting today is to discuss long-duration energy storage. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the following witnesses to the meeting: Mr. Bobby Smith, head of Energy Storage Ireland; Mr. Brian Kennedy, chairperson and head of client origination at ElectroRoute; and Mr. Paul Blount, portfolio director with FuturEnergy Ireland and chair of Energy Storage Ireland's...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Smith. The first member indicating is Deputy Bruton.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: Deputy Matthews saw his opportunity and took it. Meanwhile Deputy Devlin has been waiting patiently.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Deputy. A lot of my questions have been addressed at this point. I am curious about the role of renewable developers and operators in the development of long-duration storage. Obviously, there is an incentive there, for anyone who is in that space, to be able to send the power somewhere to put it back into the grid at a later date. Does Energy Storage Ireland have members who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: Very briefly. I am mindful Senator Higgins has arrived and I am sure she has questions, and we need to finish the meeting shortly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Smith. The next time we invite in representatives of the CRU, we will put this on the agenda. I hope that will be sooner rather than later. I call Senator Higgins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Smith. We are out of time. This was a super-interesting session. We got so much information. We hear the witnesses' asks. I have no doubt the Department, the regulator and EirGrid have been watching the meeting in any case but, as a committee, we will certainly push the asks in any engagements we have with them in the coming weeks and months. It is very exciting. It is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: The meeting today will be split into two sessions. In the first session, we will hear from officials from the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. In the second session we will have representatives from the Rediscovery Centre and Community Resources Network Ireland. The purpose of both sessions is to have a discussion...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. McLoughlin for a very thorough statement which we very much appreciate. I call on Mr. McGreal to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. McGreal for his statement, which was very thorough. We will now move to members who have indicated they wish to ask questions. It should be borne in mind this part of the session is to run until 12.30 p.m., so there is limited time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: Do the guests from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications wish to come in on those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. McLoughlin for that. We will move on now to Deputy Farrell, who is joining us from his office.