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Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Réada Cronin: Not 5,000 pages.

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)

Réada Cronin: The current state of our country's grid and infrastructure more broadly has been a direct result of years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael neglect. Decades of under-resourcing, bad planning and mismanagement by successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments have left us in the mess we are in now, with the crises in housing, education and health among a slew of others. Our grid...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Nov 2025)

Réada Cronin: 340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the expansion of the 125 and 126 services due to the growing population in North Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58965/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Nov 2025)

Réada Cronin: 341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a new proposed station (details supplied) will replace the existing station as part of the Dart+ extension; the engagement his Department has had with local stakeholders on this new station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58966/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Nov 2025)

Réada Cronin: 796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new building proposed for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58967/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am not at all an expert on this, but I have often listened to Deputy Eoin Ó Broin talking about carbon in the construction industry. On embodied carbon, Professor Kinnane stated that "a success story for carbon emissions in the built environment is evident in a reduction in cement related emissions in the industrial process category,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I do not know if Dr. Kinnane knows this. I am thinking of when we decide on new methods of producing new types of cement. With the mica crisis in Donegal it was because stones came from a certain quarry. How long does it take to make sure this new type of cement passes regulations and is fit for purpose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: The Irish Green Building Council referred to the use of straw, grass, wool and hemp from Irish agriculture as an alternative to build lower-carbon buildings. Are there any examples of these in Ireland or elsewhere? What kind of support is the council getting from the Government around the use of those as an alternative?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I was contacted by a farmer about two years ago about hemp. Are we producing much of it in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: My next question is for the CIF about the air-to-air heat pumps installed alongside existing boilers. Is it talking about retrofitting rather than new build there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: Can the CIF witnesses explain how the hybrid approach would work practically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: The hybrid cars got a bad report this week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I know. We are always learning. I know with retrofitting older houses, some houses have to be able to breathe. Take the vents under the floor. When you buy an old house you can see the lines of the dust over the carpets. We are still learning a lot.

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: There comes a time in the march of a nation when it has to take the next step. That time is now. Irish unity is not just a distant aspiration. Deputy McDonald was right - the conversation has begun already among people of all ages. Uniting Ireland was brought up with me today when I met fifth and sixth-year students from Naas Community College on their visit to the Oireachtas - an...

Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Referral to Select Committee (16 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Children and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 103(2)(b) and 184(a).

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I have a question for IBEC. It said that we do not know what the transition means for energy prices and system reliability in the next decade. Could it clarify what it means around the uncertainty of prices going down? We know renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuel energy and that, according to a report from the International Energy Agency, IEA, published this week, residential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: The witnesses also said economic conditions cannot keep pace with population and economic growth. Are they suggesting we should be reviewing our targets? What is IBEC's position on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I assume IBEC has spoken to the Government about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: From speaking to businesses across my constituency in north Kildare, the price of electricity is a danger to indigenous growth. Small businesses such as shops have raised their prices to keep their freezers running, which is having a huge effect. I have a question for Chambers Ireland on energy supply versus foreign direct investment. Chambers Ireland claims the secure supply of energy...