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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank Senator Higgins and call Deputy Whitmore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: There are questions and comments from a number of members and I invite Mr. Carroll to deal with them now as best he can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: The concern expressed by Senator Higgins is that as we go forward with new Administrations taking office into the next few decades, how can we be sure that Government policy is enough to drive the 2050 net zero target.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: Thank you, Mr. Carroll. I remind members that this is the very start of the pre-legislative scrutiny and there will be plenty of opportunity over the remaining sessions to tease out these important issues. Time is against us and we have a private session to get through. On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Carroll for attending today and for this worthwhile engagement. Mr. Carroll...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (13 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual funding drawn down by Limerick city and county councils for regeneration projects in each of the years 2014 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020. [29777/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (13 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects that are included in the Limerick regeneration plan for 2020; and the funding he plans to provide to the projects. [29778/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (13 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list of regeneration projects and associated costs in Limerick city and county in 2019 and to date in 2020 will be provided. [29779/20]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for appearing before the committee today. I wish him well in the work he is doing and congratulate him on the work he has done so far in what is clearly an unprecedented and challenging time. My first question concerns the role of accelerated capital spending in terms of labour market activation. The Government has already announced the July stimulus, and the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister. We can see very good roll out of this kind of instrument in our regional cities. We need to extend it to our towns and villages and it would be good to see measures in the budget in that regard. The Minister mentioned that there are pre-commitments of €1.1 billion in relation to demographics. Has the Minister's Department done an analysis of the demographic...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: The Minister mentioned that gross voted expenditure in relation to the Covid pandemic was €16 billion for this year. How does this compare with our European neighbours, and are there particular expenditure challenges in the Irish context that other European countries do not have?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I would like to follow up on Deputy Canney's question about the difficulty of spending capital expenditure within a single year. I appreciate that the Minister mentioned the multi-year capital envelopes given to the Departments. Is there scope for increased and more definite multi-annual funding commitments, particularly in the area of housing, which might bring greater certainty and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I remind members that this meeting cannot go on longer than the scheduled two hours as this would have a knock-on effect on other committees meeting later today. As we have a very busy private session scheduled for after our public session briefing, I ask for the committee's agreement that contributions by members in the public session will be limited to five minutes each, to include...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Vice Chairman (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: The first item of business today is the election of a Vice Chairman. Are there any nominations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Vice Chairman (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan has been nominated by Deputy Devlin and seconded by Deputy Alan Farrell. Have we any other nominations? No. I will now put the question: “That Senator Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan be elected Vice Chairman of the committee.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Vice Chairman (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: Thank you, Deputy, for your generous words and congratulations on your election. I certainly am confident that if I have to call on you, you will be a very good Vice Chairman of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 (Arrangements in relation to Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases): Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: The next item on the agenda is the briefing by Department officials on head 6 of the general scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 (Arrangements in relation to Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases). I welcome Mr. Errol Close from the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications to the meeting. Mr. Close is appearing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 (Arrangements in relation to Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases): Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Close and will now take questions from members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 (Arrangements in relation to Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases): Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Close for attending today. This has been a worthwhile engagement. I propose that Mr. Close will withdraw from the meeting and we will continue in private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service (6 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: 801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 22 September 2020, the date he proposes to have a veterinary presence on livestock consignments to third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28748/20]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for coming in to speak to us and to answer our questions. He touched on an awful lot already but I want to focus on the stimulus measures we have taken so far, more so on the capital stimulus measures rather than the wage subsidies, unemployment assistance and so on. I acknowledge it is still quite early but are there indications that these measures are having an...