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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: I thank the witnesses for attending and welcome those in the Gallery who are here to view the proceedings today. As Vice Chair of the committee, I am standing in temporarily for the Chair, Deputy Naughton, who has gone to the Dáil Chamber for a related item, so I will take the start of the session. I wish to advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy for the overview of the Bill. The next to speak is the witness from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, who is joined by Mr. Bill Morrissey and Mr. Martin Finucane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: Our second witness is Professor Pat Shannon from the Irish Offshore Operators Association, IOOA. He is joined by Dr. John Conroy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: I thank Professor Shannon. From IBEC we have Mr. Conor Minogue and Dr. Neil Walker. I invite Mr. Minogue to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: I call our fourth witness who is Emeritus Professor John Sweeney from the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Unit in Maynooth University, County Kildare. Professor Sweeney is very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: Our fifth witness is Dr. Amanda Slevin from Queens University Belfast.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: We are over time so Dr. Slevin might move to the wrap-up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: I thank Dr. Slevin. That concludes the initial testimony of witnesses so we will move to questions from members. Members who are not members of the committee are in attendance and are very welcome, but we will take questions from members of the committee first. Deputy Stanley was first to raise his hand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: I have a couple of comments to follow up on what has already been said. For me, the stand-out figure from Professor Sweeney's presentation is that we come 28th out of 29 countries on climate change, which is a pretty poor position to be in. That is pretty damning and it says a lot. To follow what Deputy Dooley said, there appears to be a view in Government that it is better to engage in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Disability Support Services (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is an access officer assigned to the Passport Office, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29134/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: 300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the refurbishment or upgrading of a health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (3 Jul 2018)

James Lawless: 441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the inability to renew a learner permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28662/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: Based on figures I sourced locally, we are still facing a two-year delay. I thank the Minister for his reply but he does not appear to have given a date or detailed timeline for the new build. It may be a case of "once bitten, twice shy" but we need some clarity and assurances on the new timeframe to allow the parents, school community and school management to begin to plan and make the...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: The town of Maynooth has experienced rapid growth in the past 20 years or more as a primary commuter town in north Kildare. The school-going population at secondary level has multiplied in that time so that the demand now extends to 2,000 secondary school places. In this context an application was made for an extension of the then secondary school, Maynooth post-primary school, in 2009....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (28 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: 54. To ask the Minister for Health his views on figures from an organisation (details supplied) which indicate that the number of patients on trolleys in Naas Hospital in May 2018 was higher than in November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28300/18]

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I commend my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, on bringing forward this much needed legislation. It is a source of great frustration to the public and to the victims of crime. There is pure astonishment at the number of perpetrators who are already bail for other offences and who have a string of previous convictions. Sometimes, to the knowledge of the Garda and the courts, they are awaiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I welcome the witnesses. This is the second of three stakeholder engagements on my Bill. There has been a pattern throughout history that societies which better understand technology have supplanted and bested those which did not. We have seen this in areas such as sanitation and disease management, steel and guns, shipbuilding and navigation, as well as micromanagement and administration...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: Yes, I met Ms Claire Bassett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: That has been very helpful. I thank all the contributors so far and I am sure we will hear more. I took notes and recorded questions as each speaker came through. I will go through them in that order. At the outset, it is useful to note that the Bill has received a clean bill of health from the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Adviser. There may be some movement on definitions - and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I have one or two follow up questions. I thank Ms Carosi Dunn for her reply, but I may have missed the point. May I ask her to repeat it, especially the part after the factors leading up to the reason for the ban?