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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am not at all an expert on this, but I have often listened to Deputy Eoin Ó Broin talking about carbon in the construction industry. On embodied carbon, Professor Kinnane stated that "a success story for carbon emissions in the built environment is evident in a reduction in cement related emissions in the industrial process category,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I do not know if Dr. Kinnane knows this. I am thinking of when we decide on new methods of producing new types of cement. With the mica crisis in Donegal it was because stones came from a certain quarry. How long does it take to make sure this new type of cement passes regulations and is fit for purpose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: The Irish Green Building Council referred to the use of straw, grass, wool and hemp from Irish agriculture as an alternative to build lower-carbon buildings. Are there any examples of these in Ireland or elsewhere? What kind of support is the council getting from the Government around the use of those as an alternative?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I was contacted by a farmer about two years ago about hemp. Are we producing much of it in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: My next question is for the CIF about the air-to-air heat pumps installed alongside existing boilers. Is it talking about retrofitting rather than new build there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: Can the CIF witnesses explain how the hybrid approach would work practically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: The hybrid cars got a bad report this week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I know. We are always learning. I know with retrofitting older houses, some houses have to be able to breathe. Take the vents under the floor. When you buy an old house you can see the lines of the dust over the carpets. We are still learning a lot.

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: There comes a time in the march of a nation when it has to take the next step. That time is now. Irish unity is not just a distant aspiration. Deputy McDonald was right - the conversation has begun already among people of all ages. Uniting Ireland was brought up with me today when I met fifth and sixth-year students from Naas Community College on their visit to the Oireachtas - an...

Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Referral to Select Committee (16 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Children and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 103(2)(b) and 184(a).

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I have a question for IBEC. It said that we do not know what the transition means for energy prices and system reliability in the next decade. Could it clarify what it means around the uncertainty of prices going down? We know renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuel energy and that, according to a report from the International Energy Agency, IEA, published this week, residential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: The witnesses also said economic conditions cannot keep pace with population and economic growth. Are they suggesting we should be reviewing our targets? What is IBEC's position on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I assume IBEC has spoken to the Government about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: From speaking to businesses across my constituency in north Kildare, the price of electricity is a danger to indigenous growth. Small businesses such as shops have raised their prices to keep their freezers running, which is having a huge effect. I have a question for Chambers Ireland on energy supply versus foreign direct investment. Chambers Ireland claims the secure supply of energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: It is not to move away entirely, but not place the emphasis that we do place on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: I do not mean to ignore FDI but are there any suggestions on how we can get into a more indigenous mindset to help to support Irish companies? This would shield us from the market volatility being experienced across the world.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: Our Oireachtas computers are not allowed to use it.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (15 Oct 2025)

Réada Cronin: 50. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for the threshold in the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025 that states the Act will not apply to suppliers of fuels used for heating purposes that generate less than 400GWh of fuels per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55886/25]