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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Live Exports (25 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to increase the veterinary presence available on all live export consignments to third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25214/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Live Exports (25 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to fulfil the program for Government commitment to increase the veterinary presence available on our live export consignments to third countries and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Live Exports (25 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for his answer. From speaking to farmers and not from speaking to animal welfare activists, many of them find the trade in live exports quite objectionable. As farmers who care for their animals and who have a long tradition of caring for their animals, they would say it makes more sense and the right thing to do is to slaughter these animals at home as much as...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Live Exports (25 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I understand there is a risk of legal challenge by exporters if we require a vet on every shipment. However, we should call the exporters’ bluff on this matter if that is what they are saying to us. As a food exporting nation, we need to be careful we maintain our reputation for high-quality produce and that our food is produced to the highest standards. I think this falls very much...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I will be as brief as I can as I have to speak in the Dáil shortly. I have been truly blown away by what I have heard this morning from our guests. There are so many things we could get into and we could probably spend a full session on any one issue. We might discuss that afterwards. I thank the guests for coming in. I congratulate them on their appearance on "Prime Time", which I...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I welcome Professor Kinsella from Limerick. We are very happy to have his expertise in the room with us. I thank him for his time and for travelling up. I want to speak a little about the potential for leveraging our sovereign wealth to develop critical infrastructure. A previous contributor spoke about the green infrastructure that will be built in the coming years. Some years ago,...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Do they lock into rules on spending, whereby the money is used for unsexy long-term projects? Are those kind of rules applied generally in other countries to revenues from sovereign wealth funds?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: This is me being a bit political but colleagues across the House might agree that the climate challenge is great but is also over-arching and that you might say that climate is the criteria and within that, it could be grid development, transport infrastructure or nature restoration, although I do not know if any country is actually doing that. It might make sense that this is what we start...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I am impressed by Professor Kinsella's ability to quote Donald Rumsfeld's comment about known knowns, known unknowns and unknown knowns. I thank him for his answer, which is very comprehensive and certainly gives us a lot to think about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Apologies have been received from Senator Pauline O'Reilly. The purpose of this morning's meeting is to discuss energy poverty. I am delighted to welcome, on behalf of the committee, the following witnesses. Joining us online is Ms Michelle Murphy and Ms Susanne Rogers of Social Justice Ireland. In the room we have: Ms Issy Petrie, the Society of St.Vincent de Paul; and Ms Clare...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Thank you for your opening statement, Ms Petrie. I will go to Ms O'Connor now. I note that your statement is quite long, Ms O'Connor. You may need a little more than five minutes - six or seven minutes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms O’Connor for getting through the statement in five or six minutes. I call Ms Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Thank you, Ms Murphy. The audio issues seemed to have worked themselves out during your statement, which I note you summarised. For the benefit of anyone looking back at the meeting, we will put the full text of all the opening statements on our website.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Deputy. The first questions were for Social Justice Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Rogers for that. I will move it along because there are quite a few questions and we have limited time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Does Ms O'Connor or Ms Petrie wish to come in?