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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I re-emphasise the potential of Limerick, but I think that potential exists in all Irish cities. It is not just about rail transport but also about developing bus networks and housing in conjunction with that. I take the train, as does the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, to and from Dublin every week. We pass through Portlaoise and we can see that town developing at pace because of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work his Department is doing to support and accelerate transit-oriented development, in particular medium-to-high density housing projects around high-capacity transport nodes in our urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11962/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I wish to ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department is doing to support and accelerate transit-oriented development, in particular medium-to-high density and high-quality housing projects around high-capacity transport nodes in urban areas. It very much applies to suburban areas as well. I also ask if the Minister of State will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. He referred to the Colbert Quarter in Limerick, a very ambitious LDA project for residential and mixed-use development. It will support thousands of people to live and work in the heart of Limerick city, right beside Colbert Station. I recognise the work of the working group that was set up in December 2021. Its focus has been on Dublin up...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be made available to farmers to plant agroforestry under the new Forestry Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11886/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: 72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers to be accepted into the organic farming scheme in 2023; the expected increase in agricultural land under organic production as a result of these new entrants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11887/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: 206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the sites under consideration by the Land Development Agency in Limerick; the projected supply of homes on those sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12012/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I want to pick up Senator Kyne on his remark on the board members being sacked. As per the Minister's statement, they were not sacked. The Minister said they were removed. I do not want the committee to be seen to be impugning-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: We do not want to be seen to be impugning anybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: We are here to discuss the removal of the board and we should not stray from that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: This committee has a role in appointing members of the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: The chief executive officer is not here to defend himself. I do not think it is appropriate-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I remind members that the naming of persons outside the House is specifically regulated by Standing Orders and by the rulings of the Chair. The general practice is that such a person should not be named or referred to so as to be identifiable, particularly where to do so would be an unreasonable invasion of privacy or where the reference could be in the nature of being a defamatory utterance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I thank Senator O'Reilly and call Senator Dooley to speak now, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I thank Senator Dooley and call Senator Kyne to speak now, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I apologise for interrupting Senator Kyne but we are making no suggestion of wrongdoing by management.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: Can I ask Senator Kyne to conclude shortly, as Deputy Dillon wishes to contribute and we only have a few minutes left? I ask him to be brief, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: My apologies for interrupting Senator Kyne but Deputy Dillon wishes to contribute now, please, and we have very limited time. I call Deputy Dillon now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister and his official for attending today and for engaging with the committee.