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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: Did Mr. Mahon want to contribute on these questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: There was a question on the PSO levy and where Ireland stands in that regard compared with the rest of Europe. If I am correct, that was Deputy Smith's question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Lemass. That number relates to the social housing cost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: Okay. We now move to the representatives from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: Can Mr. Callanan revert with those numbers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: There were quite a few questions. I ask witnesses to be as brief as they can be and also invite witnesses to respond in writing with supplementary evidence. If they could do so, we would certainly appreciate that. We will first call on the officials of the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: We will move on to the Department of the Taoiseach and the risk analysis and emergency measures questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: On the emergency measures side of it, is the Department doing any research or work on what, if any, emergency measures might be required if there is slippage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: There was a similar question for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: If I may, I would like to take the question a little bit further. Is the Department doing any contingency planning to prepare for a possible eventuality that it does not meet the targets that are set out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: How would the Department get back on track if it was not achieving the cuts that we need to see?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Callanan. I ask the witness from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to the remaining two questions. The first question was around the retrofitting target being set at 42% and not 80%. The second was in regard to regulations around demolition and embodied energy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: The first question is for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: We will turn to the officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to the question about An Bord Pleanála.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Walsh. Can I query it further? Under the Act, State bodies have to act in a way consistent with the 51% objective. I wonder how that is cross checked. As Senator O'Reilly pointed out, with the development plans and other strategy and statutory documents that local authorities and other State agencies would adopt, what is the checking mechanism to ensure they are aligned with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Walsh. I might put the same question to the Department of Transport. I was reading the draft greater Dublin area, GDA, strategy last week and I put in a submission before the consultation closed last Monday. In that, it is said that emissions in the GDA under the draft strategy would reduce by 37% by 2042. The GDA is responsible for about one quarter of all of our transport...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: To broaden the question away from the GDA, it is very good if they are aiming for 69% by 2030, and I will check that. What is the checking mechanism for the transport strategies, documents and policies produced by the various agencies, such as the NTA, TII or the local authorities? Is the Department overseeing alignment with the 51% objective by 2030?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Ó Ciaruáin. I call Senator Boylan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Senator. The first few questions are for the witnesses from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.