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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Brian Leddin: It is a serious challenge even at this committee. Does Dr. Ó Cinnéide wish to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Brian Leddin: I welcome Deputy Paul Murphy who has just come from his party's think-in, so I hope it went well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Brian Leddin: Is there a precedent internationally for a more local environmental court system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Brian Leddin: We can look at that. I am going off on a tangent now. There was some news at the weekend that in Wales they are bringing in the 20 miles per hour default speed limit. That would have been seen as something quite difficult to do. They are doing other things. They have actually halted their road building programme over there in the past couple of years. That came out of a commission they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Brian Leddin: That is a very good point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Brian Leddin: Thank you for that. We will take a second round of questions now and I invite Senator Boylan to come in, if she so wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Brian Leddin: As that is all the questions from members, we are at the end of the session. It has been a very interesting one. We will take strands from this discussion - some key points and themes have emerged through it - and figure out how to set up the subsequent public sessions we will have that will lead us up to Christmas and the doing up of a report. As I said, the point of this exercise is to...

Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: First, I commend my Green Party colleague, Deputy Matthews, on bringing forward this Bill. It says something that it is a Green Party Deputy who is introducing this Bill. It speaks to the seriousness that the issue is taken by our party. It also says something that so many Green Party Deputies have turned up to speak on this. It is something we are very serious about in our party because...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: I appeal to the background of the Tánaiste as a historian with this suggestion from my home city of Limerick. As a Corkman I do not expect them to know the detail of Limerick as I would do. The medieval spine of Limerick goes from King John's Castle all the way up to St. John's Hospital. That takes in Nicholas Street, Mary Street, Broad Street and John Street. Limerick city was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: I commend the Minister on the speed and effectiveness with which she has handled the crisis we are seeing in public service broadcasting. She has played a strong leadership role and she is continuing to play that strong leadership role with the answer she has just given me. That is very welcome news. The influence of advertising sponsorship and product placement is at the very front of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: That is very good news. As I understand the Minister, the public will have an opportunity to contribute to the consultation on the Coimisiún na Meán code. With respect to advertising and regulation, we do this all the time and we have done it for very good reason, particularly in the area of public health and most notably with respect to regulating cigarettes and alcohol. There...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: 58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the review of public service broadcasting will examine the role of advertising and programme sponsorship on influencing public opinion with respect to climate action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34707/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: Will the review of public service broadcasting examine the role of advertising and programme sponsorship on influencing public opinion with respect to climate change, and will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what welfare measures have been taken in the greyhound sector in the past 12 months to satisfy the programme for Government commitment that State funding of the sector will be contingent on a guarantee of welfare standards being upheld on an annual basis. [34755/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: What welfare measures have been taken in the greyhound sector in the past 12 months, to satisfy the programme for Government commitment that State funding of the sector will be contingent on a guarantee of welfare standards being upheld annually?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: My fundamental question is to ask if the Minister is satisfied that the programme for Government commitment is being addressed. He shares the concerns of the public, to put it mildly, when it comes to the greyhound industry and what has been revealed in recent years. Greyhounds are killed annually because they are not fast enough to make it on the track. Dogs are being killed because they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for his answer. I appreciate that he takes the matter seriously, and ask that he continue to do so. It is of particular importance and concern to the public. I ask that he look at the independence of the animal welfare assessment regime. That also needs to be examined on an ongoing basis. The public needs to have confidence that any welfare assessment is independent....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Construction Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: 17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what steps have been taken to establish an interdepartmental and industry working group on timber in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (12 Jul 2023)

Brian Leddin: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed trial on micro biodigesters has commenced; what supports are in place for micro biodigesters in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34562/23]