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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 (Arrangements in relation to Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases): Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Close and will now take questions from members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 (Arrangements in relation to Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases): Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Close for attending today. This has been a worthwhile engagement. I propose that Mr. Close will withdraw from the meeting and we will continue in private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for appearing before the committee today. I wish him well in the work he is doing and congratulate him on the work he has done so far in what is clearly an unprecedented and challenging time. My first question concerns the role of accelerated capital spending in terms of labour market activation. The Government has already announced the July stimulus, and the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister. We can see very good roll out of this kind of instrument in our regional cities. We need to extend it to our towns and villages and it would be good to see measures in the budget in that regard. The Minister mentioned that there are pre-commitments of €1.1 billion in relation to demographics. Has the Minister's Department done an analysis of the demographic...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: The Minister mentioned that gross voted expenditure in relation to the Covid pandemic was €16 billion for this year. How does this compare with our European neighbours, and are there particular expenditure challenges in the Irish context that other European countries do not have?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I would like to follow up on Deputy Canney's question about the difficulty of spending capital expenditure within a single year. I appreciate that the Minister mentioned the multi-year capital envelopes given to the Departments. Is there scope for increased and more definite multi-annual funding commitments, particularly in the area of housing, which might bring greater certainty and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (13 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual funding drawn down by Limerick city and county councils for regeneration projects in each of the years 2014 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020. [29777/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (13 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects that are included in the Limerick regeneration plan for 2020; and the funding he plans to provide to the projects. [29778/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (13 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list of regeneration projects and associated costs in Limerick city and county in 2019 and to date in 2020 will be provided. [29779/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: Before we commence, I remind members that this meeting cannot go on for longer than two hours, as it would have a knock-on effect on the schedule of other committees meeting later today. As we have a private session scheduled for after our public session briefing, could I get the committee's agreement that the contribution of members in the public session will be limited to five minutes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I welcome Mr. Brian Carroll, assistant secretary, and Ms Emer Griffin, assistant principal, from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Our witnesses are appearing remotely from inside the Leinster House complex. The format of the meeting is that they will be invited to make a brief opening statement and this will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Carroll. I will now take questions from members in the order in which they raised their hands. Senator McGahon is first and then Deputies Bruton and Bríd Smith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: For members who have just joined us, I ask them to indicate their intent to speak through the Chair and I will fit them in. We will certainly do a second round of questions if we have time because this is a very important session with Mr. Carroll. I call Deputy Bríd Smith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I remind members that they have a five-minute slot to ask questions and elicit responses from witnesses. I would appreciate if they stuck to that because our time is limited. If there is time to do so, we will have a second round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I remind all members that their five-minute slot is for questions and answers. There is no time for Mr. Carroll to answer the Senator's questions. I will allow latitude in this instance but from now on, I will be strict about the five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: He indicated that he was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Carroll and Senator Boylan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: We will have a quick second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy O'Rourke and Mr. Carroll. Does Senator Dooley want to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank Senator Dooley. I remind members that as we switch seats, we need to use the wipes in front of all of us to wipe them down as part of our anti-Covid measures. We have had one round and I am conscious we will have a private session following Mr. Carroll's engagement with us. The full time allotted to us is two hours so I propose we allow 20 minutes for private session. We will...