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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Mention was made of unit carbon inside the farm gate. Are distances from market taken into account? The dairy industry has a significant export market and, therefore, that is not a true measurement. Is transportation of exports accounted for in any measurement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Sectoral and national roadmaps have been done. The sectoral maps are added together to comprise the national road map. Would it not be better for each sector if we had an overarching figure and the sectoral road map was then applied?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: There will be a 12% increase in emissions in the dairy sector by 2020. Currently, it produces approximately 19 million tonnes of carbon. The 2020 figure for the entire nation will be 11 million tonnes. Many of the representatives from the sector say we are the best placed environmentally to produce food. While I can accept that, for us to meet the 2020 target, surely the sector will have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Is Mr. Kelly implying that we will have to trade emissions to reach the targets and to allow the agriculture industry to remain at the same level? Does he suggest emissions trading?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Mr. Linehan gave examples of legislative targets, each of which had a related penalty. The purpose of legislation is to allow the citizen to take legal action if the provisions are not followed. Mr. Linehan referred to waste management and landfill directives and legislation, which include targets and associated penalties. Is he juggling balls a little bit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I have two questions. The first one concerns head 3 which obliges Ireland to adhere to any future international agreements, including EU 2050 targets. By introducing a questionable element in the Bill, head 3 has made that argument unnecessary. It is an unnecessary legal risk. My second question concerns the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Bill and the heads of the current Bill....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: It was even worse.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: The five minutes are not up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I would like the witnesses to address the question I asked about tonnage. Building on what was said; one must plan for the vision. Most submissions referred to an 80% target. I have returned to the question many times. If one puts a certain tonnage in place – a cow will emit whatever it emits – how does Mr. D’Arcy see the tonnage being divided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Could someone please answer the tonnage question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Under head 5, can they explain the reduction in emissions under the national roadmap, or annual review, every five as against every one years? I agree with the witness who said that the expert advisory body should be more similar to the Fiscal Advisory Council and I ask him to elaborate on that. If similar terms of reference were used for the expert...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held any discussions with the National Pension Reserve Fund, the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government or Dublin City Council about the use of funds in the NPRF for the funding of the incinerator at Poolbeg, Dublin 4; if he will provide details of any such discussions; if he will outline his position on this matter; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the attendance record book for his Department on 29 September 2008 and 30 September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32640/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the attendance record book for his Department for the month of September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32641/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has inquired as to whether there are recordings in the other banks covered by the blanket guarantee surrounding the events before and after the bank guarantee in September 2008; if they have made efforts to secure any such recordings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the value for money assessment by the National Development Finance Agency on the proposed waste to energy incinerator project in Poolbeg conducted in 2005; his views on whether it is acceptable to use data that is eight years old when the economic circumstances of the country have changed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Official Engagements (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the attendance record book for his Department at the Custom House on 29 September 2008 and 30 September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32638/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Official Engagements (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the attendance record book for his Department at the Custom House for the month of September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32639/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his officials have sought the use of funding from the National Pension Reserve Fund, Strategic Investment Fund or other National Treasury Management Agency body to support the construction of the waste incinerator in Poolbeg, Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32780/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (4 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request the National Development Finance Agency to conduct a new value for money assessment of the proposed waste to energy incinerator project in Poolbeg, Dublin, in view of the fact that it is eight years since the original was conducted in 2005; if it is acceptable to use data that is eight years old when...