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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: It goes beyond using GPD, if I am being fair to Deputy Smith’s question, does it not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: She is talking about a total system change.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I will push Ms Carmody along. Quite a few members wish to come in and we only have 35 minutes left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I think the then Minister is sitting with us. Or perhaps it was a previous Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Senator O'Reilly is giving her time to Deputy Ó Cathasaigh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: As the Deputy is asking five questions, for which I will give him time, I ask that he direct them to certain witnesses, otherwise we will not finish by 1 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Deputy Ó Cathasaigh can make Dáil debates happen. We will leave that one with him. Would Ms O'Neill or Ms Bennett like to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: With respect to the example of the decision on bottom-trawling in fishing that Senator Higgins gave, why are we doing this if it says in the SDGs that we should not be? It looks like there is no assessment happening.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: The purpose of that reform is to try to avoid all those challenges. Our sister committee, the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, is dealing with that legislation at present. Mr. Conneely is not quite saved by the bell. I have a question for him. First, I want to join with colleagues in commending Chambers Ireland on the leadership it has shown on the sustainable...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: True, and there are the knock-on indirect costs as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Conneely for his comments. The chamber I am familiar with has moved incredibly in the past few years. I would say it is closely aligned with Chambers Ireland. I certainly appreciate Mr. Conneely's willingness to have those difficult conversations. It is part of the process of getting to where we want to go. I certainly would commend Mr. Conneely on that. We are out of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: On behalf of the committee, I would like to welcome to the meeting the following officials from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications: Ms Karen Egan, Ms Hannah Gilmartin, Mr. Eoin Fahey, Mr. Philip Newsome, Mr. Kevin Sheridan and Ms Rebecca Minch, while joining us online are Mr. Niall McLoughlin, Mr. Leslie Carberry, Mr. Andrew Doyle, Mr. Robert Mooney and Mr. Kevin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Egan. I ask members to indicate if they wish to ask questions. I will go first. In the session we just had, we had various stakeholders in with us, including Coalition 2030, Chambers Ireland and Social Justice Ireland. One of the points that emerged - and maybe it relates to Ms Egan's final remarks on SDG target 17.14 - is the implementation piece. The point that was made was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Gilmartin. I have two further questions coming from that. It was mentioned by representatives of Chambers Ireland, who gave the example of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine selecting five SDGs to concentrate on, that they felt those five SDGs were not that relevant to that Department, such that it was essentially a "tick box" exercise. There is a concern that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Are those three other countries considered leaders in this area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Can we say which three other countries are involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Well done. I am mindful of time. We will try to get through everybody's queries in the next 30 minutes or so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: We do not have time to get into a detailed discussion about smart meters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: We will keep it a high level, if that is okay, Deputy Whitmore. Are you happy enough?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: If anyone wants to respond quickly to the general point, I ask them to please go ahead or I will move on. I call Deputy Bruton.