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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: I believe it was Thursday or Friday.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: Do I get to press the amendment or can I come back in on the debate?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: Okay. At this point I will not. To respond to the Minister of State's comments, I accept at the outset that the intent of this Bill is about dissolving Ervia. The intent of the Department and the Minister at the outset was not to do wholesale revision of the Gas Acts. Having said that, I am hearing from the Minister of State that we need to wind down the use of gas in this country. That...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: I move amendment No. 5: In page 12, between lines 27 and 28 to insert the following: “(i) in subsection (1)— (I) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1)(a): “(1) (a) The Board shall own, operate, develop and maintain a system for the transmission and distribution of natural gas being a system that is both economical and efficient and in...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: I will come back in briefly, if I may. In the second part of my amendment I wanted to clarify in law and make sure, essentially, that the board is not required to promote or advertise new gas connections. I will not be pressing my amendment but this is an issue that needs clarity. I would welcome the Department looking at this and coming back to us about it on Report Stage. If it is the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: Thank you, Deputy Bruton, for taking the Chair.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: Amendments Nos. 16 to 18, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: We look forward to the package coming from Europe in the next few weeks and we will see what is in it. Is the Minister of State open to supplying the committee with a roadmap for the implementation of the new primary legislation that will be required? I ask because primary legislation is no easy task. Everyone in this room understands that primary legislation takes time and a lot of...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Message to Dáil (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Environment and Climate Action has completed its consideration of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023and has made amendments thereto.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: I move amendment No. 13: In page 13, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10A— (i) in subsection (4), by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (h): “(i) the terms and conditions upon which applications for new connections or expansion of the gas network must be assessed to consider the expected emissions profile of the...

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide and update on the programme for Government. [53638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how women's sport will be advanced and supported at all levels; the plans that are underway to ensure more women and girls participate in all sports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53606/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the development of the Sports Ireland Campus; how her Department is supporting the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tree Remediation (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure local authorities remove diseased roadside ash trees from publicly owned land that pose a road safety risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53645/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tree Remediation (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to enable the safe removal of diseased roadside ash trees from land owned by farmers who cannot pay private contractors for the safe removal of such trees; if he will consider the removal of such roadside trees a road safety priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53646/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rates of income to local government from solar photovoltaic installations broken down by local authority. [53703/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rates of income to local government from onshore wind-powered electricity generation broken down, by local authority. [53704/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rates of income to local government from offshore wind-powered electricity generation broken down, by local authority [53705/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rates of income to local government from biomass combustion infrastructure broken down, by local authority. [53706/23]