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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I gave the commissioner some latitude because it is an important question which he has answered
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank the commissioner and Deputy Cowen. I call Deputy Devlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: The sector lost €5 billion last year and there is uncertainty, because the big funds will not invest in something that is becoming increasingly marginal and uncertain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I do not have the article in front of me, but Eddie O'Connor said this is a decade-long problem. It is said the problem is Covid-related and supply-chain related, but it predates those by a long time. Perhaps the commissioners would have a look at that and we could correspond on it. It is interesting that a leading developer is saying this. We should listen and assess the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: It is inconceivable that EirGrid, as the transmission system operator for the larger data centres and large energy users, and ESB Networks, which is the operator for the smaller ones, would not have those data. Of course, they would. There is the gas side as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Does the commission want to respond to the point about a centralised entity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Is Deputy Whitmore asking whether the CRU should be the repository of that information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I think the Deputy's argument is how we can regulate unless we-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: The decarbonisation piece the CRU deals with is related. Probably in tandem with those installations, people are getting insulation and all kinds of upgrades. As a result, people might not have to use the fossil-fuel boiler as much as they would have done previously.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: That is a fair suggestion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I would be in trouble if I pushed that one through. We will make that suggestion to members when we meet in private session and discuss these matters. Mr. Gannon has made a fair and helpful suggestion for which I thank him. I thank the witnesses for engaging with the committee. We look forward to the next time we meet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I might make a few comments myself. It has been quite a long first round, but we have time for a second one. I want to offer some balance to Deputy Cowen's remarks from a few minutes ago, and this narrative that is emerging - which is quite an unhelpful one - that we can develop this vast infrastructure overnight, or at least very quickly. That is unhelpful, because it belies the reality of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: It has certainly been a very interesting three hours. We very much appreciate how the witnesses engaged with the committee and with members' queries. Thank you all. I am not sure when we will have the CRU in again but semi-regular meetings would be useful for both sides, so we will probably continue with something along those lines. The consensus of the members is that meetings would be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Gannon for his opening statement. We will move to questions from members and from non-members who have joined us today. Those who wish to ask questions should indicate same if they have not done so. We have a very full attendance, which is great to see but I am going to be very strict on timing to give everyone an opportunity to contribute. I ask everyone to stick to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: That is an important point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I am mindful of time. We must give Mr. Gannon an opportunity to respond.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to introduce weight- and size-based taxes on private vehicles in Ireland to incentivise a switch to smaller and lighter vehicles in an effort to ensure Ireland's vehicle fleet is as efficient as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21506/23]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: I wish to speak on a very local issue, which is nevertheless a very important one. The Tánaiste will be aware that St. John's Hospital was instrumental in helping out with the winter health crisis we had in Limerick. That assistance should be repaid by support for its capital plan. It wants to increase the bed capacity there by 90 beds. My sense is that the University of Limerick...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (4 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: What we are seeing that the moment is the transition of our vehicle fleet from a smaller mid-size vehicle fleet to one comprising large vehicles particularly. SUVs are being sold at an alarming rate. Many of those are electric vehicles. The policy needs to evolve such that we are heavily supporting the smaller and lighter vehicles over the heavier SUV-type vehicles. The reason to do this...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (4 May 2023)
Brian Leddin: Colleagues and I from the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action travelled to Amsterdam two weeks ago. We saw how these smaller, dinkier type vehicles are quite prevalent in cities similar to Amsterdam. I had previously seen them in Rome. From conversations I have had with my colleagues on the committee, I think there is a cross-party appetite to go in this direction....