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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Progress: Discussion (30 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Mr. Muldowney from the Department has indicated he wishes to make a point. If any of the other witnesses wishes to make a contribution before I invite Senator Lombard to comment, he or she should indicate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Progress: Discussion (30 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: If anyone wants to reply to the questions, we would appreciate if they could make a written submission to us which we will circulate to the members. I thank all the witnesses for coming here this evening. We will publish all the witnesses' presentations on our website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to draw attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the Chairman to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in respect of their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I know there are a lot of questions for Mr. Jennings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Mr. Jennings. I really appreciate him coming in here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Very briefly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Mr. Jennings for appearing before the committee today. It is proposed that the committee publish the submission to our website. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will suspend to allow witnesses to take their seats for the second session of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to draw witnesses' attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give this committee. If they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence in relation to a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Mr. Kenny. I invite Mr. Teahon, a board member of NOW Ireland, to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Does Mr. Teahon want me to indicate when he is half way through?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I will give Mr. Teahon a four-minute indication.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: With that, we will move on to the witness from SSE Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Mr. Teahon wished to speak again. I apologise. I was wondering why we were way ahead of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Mr. Teahon for his opening statement. I will give everybody another opportunity to comment later. I now invite Mr. Wheeler to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I will now open the discussion to members. If witnesses would like to make a specific point, they can indicate to me throughout the course of the discussion and I will let them in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: A lot of questions have been asked. If they could be noted, I will bring the delegates in after Deputy Brian Stanley has asked his set of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I am conscious of the time, but the delegate will have a chance to respond to all of questions asked. I will start with Mr. Kenny from Tipperary Energy Agency and then move to Mr. Teahon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: On behalf of the committee I thank all the witnesses for coming here today. It was a very worthwhile engagement. All the submissions we have received will be published on our website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: As a member of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, I will concentrate on my journey towards the position that I took. Regarding the committee's approach, while we could have built on the work of the Citizens' Assembly, we regarded this as an evidence gathering stage and we brought our own judgments to bear on the issues having listened to the experts. It is fair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of the Waste Reduction Bill 2017 (17 Jan 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to draw attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their...