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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If it is very doable, is there a conversation to be had about it, beyond organisations such as the Irish Green Building Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: We make the homes affordable. If they are affordable, people will buy them. I am sorry to cut across but the single biggest determinant in people choosing to purchase a home is the cost. If the home is affordable, they are more likely to buy it. I know it sounds like a facile thing to say but it is a fact. We often have these discussions in Ireland about home ownership versus renting and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If it is done correctly.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) in relation to some applications for the passport card; the number of applications that were impacted by the issue; and if applicants impacted are being advised to submit a new application while waiting to be refunded. [21572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for Freestyle Libre device with immediate effect following the recent survey by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21573/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the Freestyle Libre device; if not, if he will offer a different process to enable this to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21574/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. In the first round I will stick to the recast issue and I have specific questions for Mr. Armstrong on his Department's observations from last December. I will ask more general questions if there is a second round of questions. One of my concerns about the observations made by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I ask Mr. Armstrong to return to the three questions we did not have time for in the previous round. To recap quickly, one of the questions related to the Department's observation on Article 2(23). Was there more of a focus on the operational rather than embodied carbon, if I understood it right? If so, was that a weakness? My second question was in respect of the Department's comments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Department is not suggesting carving out some of the manufactured related emissions separately. Those will still be fully calculated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am asking about the view of the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Each construction project is different and projects are at different stages. Of course, it is not that one would not have some transitional arrangement, but if the transitional arrangement is too broad or too blunt, there is the risk of incurring greater charges at a later point in time, if at a later point in time our descendents after we are long gone are having a conversation about how to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is to be hoped if building control is capturing all of that properly, but yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I understand that. I am not arguing against it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The specific point in Article 9.1 is just the reference to not impacting on rental supply. Some 25% of households in Dublin are renters and 20% of households across the State are renters. There is a heavy concentration of lower income families with poor BER ratings and higher energy poverty. I am not arguing that we do anything that reduces rental supply because our private rental sector...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are talking about two different parts of Mr. Armstrong's comment on Article 9.1. I am referring specifically to the impact on private rental supply; it is about halfway down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will pick up from the Chair's discussion with Mr. Armstrong about skills. A problem with that report is it is based on the HNDA target of 33,000 on average per year. I know Mr. Armstrong will not comment on this but I will make the point anyway for the record. When we get to the other side of the census, get all the new inputted census data and revise the HNDA, we will see that the level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is the concern I have. We know the built environment is responsible for approximately 30% of emissions, 10% of which is embodied carbon. That Irish Green Building Council research is important because it shows if all the good work people here and elsewhere are doing continues to be done in terms of energy efficiency, then the carbon emissions from our energy systems and operational...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: It sounds like a working group that is lying down but clearly that is not the case.