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Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, to delete lines 25 to 28 and substitute the following: “(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a), the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications shall consult with— (i) the Minister for Finance, (ii) the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, (iii) the Minister for Transport,”. There are...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: No problem. Given I am from County Galway myself, it is lovely to meet all the students. Amendment No. 26 again relates to section 58A of the 2007 Act, as amended. It seeks to delete the proposed changes in this context to section 44D of the 2007 Act, as amended, which again is around the issue of being able to review the percentage rate regarding renewable transport fuel obligations,...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The delegation order is a little strange. It seems like a retrospective way of amending something that would not normally be done. If the Minister has already been effectively consulted, unless there is a specific remit for a Minister of State, it is hard to see how it will work. I understand the reasoning. I have tried to bring in requirements, for example, for the Minister for Housing,...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It would be helpful to have a briefing on the biofuel issue, in particular, and the buyout clauses.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will say a few words in conclusion, if I may, because once the group is dealt with, I cannot speak further on these amendments. As a member of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action, I am conscious of how Departments are keen to push all the responsibilities in this area onto other Departments. The climate issue is crucial and we are torn between aiming for the ideal, which...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: "(VI) the Climate Change Advisory Council,". Amendment No. 2 seeks to provide that when making regulations under section 44D of the 2007 Act, as I mentioned previously in respect of biofuels and crop caps, which are very much a land use issue rather than a transport issue, as well as consulting the...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 3: In page 9, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(VI) the Climate Change Advisory Council,".

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: "(iv) the potential impacts on biodiversity, the environment and public health;". Amendment No. 4 is also to give assurance because, along with the transfer of powers, there is no sufficient nuancing of the Minister's mandate to make things very clear, besides the fact that the Government has...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Again, I note the economic issues are placed first, which could well trump anything else. Simply saying the Minister “may” consider additional economic issues or environmental issues is not the same thing. I would have to respectfully disagree with the point that these issues have been dealt with in the drafting because the drafting simply provides that a Minister for...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 5: In page 10, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(iv) the potential impact on public health, including in respect of air pollution;”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(iv) the Climate Change Advisory Council,”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 14: In page 11, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(iii) the potential impacts on biodiversity, the environment and public health;”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 15: In page 11, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(iii) the potential impact on public health, including in respect of air pollution;”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 18: In page 13, line 1, after “Minister” to insert “, the Climate Change Advisory Council”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19: In page 13, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(ii) the potential impacts on biodiversity, the environment and public health;”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 20: In page 13, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(ii) the potential impact on public health, including in respect of air pollution;”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 21: In page 14, line 21, after “may” to insert “, subject to consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 22: In page 14, line 23, to delete “44D,”.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 23: In page 14, line 25, to delete “44J”.