Results 41-60 of 297 for speaker:John Clendennen

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: There have been a good few references towards resources on judges, Ms Denning's own staff and so on. She referenced a match and providing the stadium. Have we too many stadiums? Have we too many courts? Have we enough? Are they being sweated as assets? Are we using them to the extent we should be?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: Are there enough days during the week for courts to sit?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: Can they be related directly to planning and environment?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: In terms of sitting days, however. Are there cancellations or are there deferrals? Do witnesses not turn up? What waste or leakage is there in the system?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: What was that figure for 2024?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: Just as a comparison, because there were three judges dedicated to it in 2024.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: There are three dedicated judges and 190 days.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: That is this year. We will probably have 120 days per judge, which is probably two days a week, give or take.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: That is true but once it is in hearing, how long does it take? Is it in and out in the same day?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: Should this become a broader practice in general, although, obviously, not in every court?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: On that point, there is an enabling effect. That is an issue that has been introduced to make a positive impact and try to expedite the process. What are the outstanding disrupting or disruptive pieces that we need to address?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: Have we pushed it as far as we can in the enabling piece?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: Ireland is not the only country in the world experiencing housing shortages and issues with supply and construction. Has any international benchmarking been done where there would have been similar pinch points in their court services for delivery? If the Courts Service has any comparisons done in that area, the witnesses might share them.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: Has that proven beneficial?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: I thank the Minister for coming in to meet us. My first question is on peat extraction. Some of the other members have alluded to it. The resources are not at local authority level. Local authorities do not have the skills or experience to enforce it. Essentially, it may lead to European fines. Has the Minister a plan in place for how we can ensure the local authority collaborates with...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: One of the points here is that domestic users of peat are getting caught in the crossfire. If you look at a county like mine, County Offaly, we have towns where 40% of households are using peat for central heating. That brings me to my next point, which is about the Minster's consideration of HVO or pellet stoves as an intermediary, rather than going from turf to full-on retrofit with 40%...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: On the whole area of data centres, we certainly need to look at the carbon budget, but I have a concern about the pragmatism and remaining appealing and operational. Some major stakeholders have already anchored here and are reliant on a workable policy. I am looking for a timeframe from the CRU on when we can expect to see a policy on data centre grid connections.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: The point has to be made that they are the facilitators of the energy. There are small, medium and large businesses - businesses of every scale - as well as households that require this. They might be the facilitators but they are harvesting that data and energy on behalf of individuals.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: We need to look at it through a different prism. I would like to make two final points. With EV chargers, we are at a stage where we need to make a call that we only install high-speed charging units. Some archaic systems are going in and they are literally not being used any more. We need to make a stand, considering the advances in technology and the cars with bigger batteries and...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: To pick up on that point, we need to start looking at this through the metric of climate benefit versus social and economic benefit. We will be fooling ourselves if we think that data centres will not be built. We would lose out to other EU member states. Why would we not want them here in Ireland? If it is good enough for an EU partner, it should be good enough for us. We need to...