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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Sep 2021)

Brian Leddin: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to phase out fossil fuel powered vehicles from the fleet operated by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (16 Sep 2021)

Brian Leddin: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a national policy by which a person must be resident in an area for a certain period of time before being allowed to access homelessness services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44269/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (9 Sep 2021)

Brian Leddin: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the deemed disposal of exchange traded funds for taxation purposes after eight years; if he plans to change this arrangement for small investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (27 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: 3373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds in the national racing pool from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2021; the number of greyhounds injured and killed at Irish greyhound tracks from 1 Jan 2021 to 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39394/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (27 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: 3374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed location of the planned second greyhound care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39395/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (27 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: 3375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds within the industry awaiting homing on 1 July 2021 for periods of time exceeding six and 12 months, respectively; the protocol that is in place for greyhounds deemed challenging to home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (27 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: 3376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on care and welfare of greyhounds for 2020 and to 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (27 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: 3377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individual greyhound pups born in Ireland during the period 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021; the breakdown of racing and coursing pups; the number of litters born in that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39398/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Chairman and welcome our guests. At the outset, I will repeat the point I have made a number of times that I believe it is remiss that we do not allow our guests to read their statements into the record. We are unique among committees. All committees are operating under the same Covid regime with the two-hour limit but guests generally are allowed to read their statements into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: May I ask Mr. Lucas a question, Chairman?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Lucas for appearing before us again. I understood he was going straight into retirement. If he has come out of retirement to meet with us, I thank him for doing so. Can Mr. Lucas speak about the possible solutions to this crisis relating to the sub-30 ha possibilities? Does he see major obstacles on plots of those sizes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Lucas.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he will ensure that the measures in the new Common Agricultural Policy will maximise delivery of greenhouse gas reductions across all farms in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37088/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (15 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: 77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional resources he is making available to support the development of organic farming in Ireland in view of the Irish target of 7.5% and the EU target of 25% of organic farmland by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Belarus: Discussion with Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (15 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: I welcome Ms Tsikhanouskaya and thank her for her powerful testimony. It is a reminder of the freedom we have here and we must uphold these freedoms everywhere. As a representative of the Green Party, I think of members of our sister party, the Belarusian Green Party. In April, its deputy chairman, Dmitry Kuuk, was abducted and jailed for planning a march to remember the victims of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-Budget Submission: Dóchas (14 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: I must apologise. I will be very brief because I have a commitment outside Leinster House in a few minutes, so I will have to move quickly. I thank our guests for attending. They are always very welcome to appear before the committee. I thank them for their submission which, as Senator Joe O'Reilly said, is compelling and heart-rending. I echo Deputy Clarke's words that we must develop a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (13 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: 450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to difficulties in the registration of births in the civil registration service due to the handwriting of birth notifications from some maternity hospitals following the cyber-attack on the HSE; the steps she is taking to facilitate the registration of births while manual systems are being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Vice Chairman for stepping into the Chairman's role at such short notice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank our guests for coming to speak with us about EVs and how we might set policy appropriately in order that we might reach our targets or even set appropriate targets. They all made strong statements along the lines that EVs are only one part of the solution. I was heartened to hear those statements that we need to think about reducing our number of journeys with a modal shift to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Brian Leddin: In March, this committee heard that Scotland was introducing a 30% vehicle kilometre reduction target. It is probably inevitable that something like that will come in here too. There seems to be agreement among members and witnesses that it has to be a priority. Separate to setting a target, whether 20% or 30%, what measures would be required to achieve a reduction in vehicle kilometres? I...