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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank both of our guests. I am conscious of time. I was going to ask about the legislation but Deputy Kenny has covered that. I am trying to get my head around where our guest speakers would see our rivers and waterways if legislation and enforcement were in place. Would there still be an issue because of climate change? When we talk about bloom or invasive species, it is not just a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for staying to answer our questions. We really appreciate it, as we know it is late. I am trying to get my head around this. What Ms Donnelly is speaking about is dealing in reality, rather than the idea that we can just change all of these things overnight but in time, with regard to the kind of usage people have for data. If those policies come on stream around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I do not disagree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Before he comes in, just so I am clear on the kind of demand reduction, Mr. Gannon spoke a bit about a 30% flexibility but in terms of the envisaged demand reduction, there might be a reduced demand increase when it comes to that sector. What is the actual percentage that we are looking at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Some of that is coming from domestic users. Does Mr. Gannon know how much of that will be the large energy users? What is the expectation? He is designing these policies in order to meet this requirement. What amount of it is he expecting from the large energy users?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: But the CRU is leading the large energy users piece of the consultation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: So for flexibility rather than reduction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am sorry I interrupted the response on district heating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: So we do not yet know exactly what the CRU's role will fully look like for consumer protection with district heating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is that by large energy users?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister is very welcome. This is a piece of legislation we have all been looking forward to in the Seanad. The real reason vapes are so much in our face and that we smell them when walking down the street is due to a cynical attempt by the tobacco industry to find new markets for itself. Our children are the people who not just the industry but, indeed, governments have been letting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank our witnesses for coming in today. I want to go back to an issue that I raised with them previously when they made a presentation to Deputies and Senators in the audiovisual room, namely the public service element of this. I have just come from chairing a meeting relating to a public service performance report for one particular Department. What was fascinating was that in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: As the Chair is delayed, I will stand in for him until he arrives. I welcome from the Department of Education, Mr. Gavan O'Leary, assistant secretary, Mr. Tom Whelan, principal officer in the finance unit, Dr. Paul Alexander, senior statistician in the statistics unit, Ms Valerie Kirwan, principal officer with responsibility for finance in the planning and building unit, Ms Anne Murray,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Senator Eileen Flynn is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. I will ask my questions now. It is quite striking that the reporting is on things the way they are, as opposed to reporting against needs and whether the needs are being met. An example is a school where a third of the pupils are sitting out for religion tuition in the class and that is an area where the Department has no intention of building another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Mr. O'Leary is speaking about climate. I brought this up at the previous meeting or maybe the one before that. Funding was provided for solar panels a year ago but the Department has not installed even one solar panel. There is a specific problem with the lack of urgency around climate action, and transport is one of those areas. It should not take three years when we have an urgent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I hope we will see that roll-out soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I appreciate that. I thank our guests for coming in. My questions are similar to those I asked of the last panel. There is an awful lot missing from this report. An awful lot of indicators that I would think of including are not here at all. It feels that this just includes bare numbers that we do not need to be included in a report such as this because we all know those bare numbers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: That would be useful. I might have a look at that. Overall, my message is that unless everything is included in the same report, there is siloing. The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action is next door discussing finance and climate. At this committee, we are discussing finance and education but there is no mention at all of climate and nature. The contrast is stark. One...