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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: There is a dream, but there is also a reality. There is also an affordability piece for households. We all want to go on this journey but my point is that considering the size of the UK market, as our nearest neighbours and as a right-hand-drive market, should we not be considering some sort of mechanism to encourage more electric vehicles to enter this market from there at a reduced rate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: The message is that if people cannot afford electric vehicles, they should stay in their high-emissions vehicles for now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: I am conscious of time and want to ask more questions. I will turn to the representatives of Fuels for Ireland and the Irish Road Haulage Association. I have been an advocate for HVO in other areas, particularly the likes of home heating. I would like to see it in this area, too. It has to be seen as an intermediary and must be supported. If we look at home retrofits and so on, it is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: What if you cannot afford it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: I will pick up on Deputy Ahern's point related to buy-in around electric vehicle charging. If I look at the likes of Local Link and EV chargers, they came on a similar journey at the same time. The perception, whether it is true or not, is that Local Link and the service it provides would be on a much more positive platform and trajectory than EV charging. It may be because we can see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: Would road hauliers have a different perspective?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: I was at an event last week at a local secondary school, Coláiste Choilm, Tullamore. They had about 120 primary school students. They gave them four A4 pages, four A3 pages, a roll of masking tape and 2 m of string. They had a competition with awards to build the longest bridge and the best designed bridge . This was all an effort to try to instil the culture of STEM. We have done a...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: As part of our current targets for housing, is Mr. Murnane confident we will deliver those utilities, considering the obstacles that are there?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: But is there a concern coming through from Mr. Murnane's sector?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: There is almost an organisational strategy piece there. I know Mr. Leahy talked about strategy at the outset, but in terms of improving efficiencies and eliminating waste, where do the witnesses see that ultimately lying?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: On the median price versus the lower price, there are plenty of examples of where this situation has gone out of control in recent times. Do the witnesses think our professional fees have been overvalued or overreached in terms of that gold-plating? Has it been all regulation driven or has there been a cultural change?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: AI. That is a challenge in its own right.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: Yes.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: On the challenges of public versus private, we have discussed that the financial capacity exists and we need the time. Are the witnesses confident that there is a culture shift to deliver? Do they have concerns around that? It is hard to measure the pace of cultural change, but is a cultural change occurring? Is there anything that we need to be doing?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work his Department is doing to ensure that there is no net decrease in land supply from rezoning by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53284/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans for a location (details supplied), given the growing concern around the rapidly deteriorating state of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that Sport Ireland provided to organisations in Offaly over the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52243/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (2 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to date of running the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52244/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (2 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres planned to be delivered in Offaly; the means by which the centres are helping to achieve the aims of Sláintecare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (2 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the digitalisation of the health service overall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52246/25]