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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I am very mindful of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Whitmore. I know the Minister needs to leave at 10 a.m. and three colleagues are looking to come in. We will stick to the five minutes if we can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: Let the Minister answer because we do not have too much time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: The Minister needs to leave. I call Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan, if he wants to contribute quickly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell. Is Deputy Devlin happy with that? I thank the Minister for his time here today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I am mindful this is very much off the agenda. The Minister of State probably wants to talk about this stuff, but I must be fair to other members as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: It would be worth quantifying what the carbon benefit of changing the Residential Tenancies Act might be. If it is significant, then, obviously, it should be looked at. Perhaps it is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: The campaign was not related to the 2030 targets. That was related to the energy shortages this year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: It was much more related to the energy crisis than reducing the 2030 targets. We should not conflate them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: It would be good to find out what the carbon benefit would be in kilotons, if that is what it would be. We do need to do as much as we can, and if there are measures there, we should exploit them and if they are----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State. Does Deputy Whitmore want to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Whitmore. Senator McGahon is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I suggest that the Minister of State might have some influence-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: No, it was a reduction of 20% in total vehicle numbers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I will build on Senator McGahon's contribution and what I said earlier. If we go back and analyse from a carbon displacement point of view the benefit of the renovation of derelict and vacant sites across the country, that could be instructive as we go forward. If that work is being done, it might be useful for us to see the progress. We can infer from the results that it will inform...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: Am I right in saying that local authorities' climate action plans will essentially supersede the county development plans in order to align with the climate action plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: The concern would be acknowledging that we are on glide path and there is percolation from the review of the national planning framework to the regional spatial strategies and so on. That is a slow process. By the time it distils through to the county development plans it could be towards the end of the decade. Meanwhile your sectoral emissions ceilings or carbon budgets might be breached....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: Will the Minister of State come back to the committee with a briefing note on the approach?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: We would certainly appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State. I will pick up on another earlier contribution about embodied carbon. We discussed embodied carbon in new buildings and valuing it in existing buildings too. I appreciate the work his Department is doing in that area. This is perhaps more related to his responsibility for planning. There is embodied carbon in road construction as well. While acknowledging...