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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Brian Leddin: Apologies have been received from Senator Alice Mary Higgins. The purpose of meeting today is to discuss liquefied natural gas, LNG, as an issue and also fossil fuel exploration and related areas. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the following witnesses: Professor Barry McMullin of Dublin City University; and Mr. Gergely Molnár, gas analyst at the International Energy Agency. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Brian Leddin: I have one question of my own on the characteristic of LNG. As I understand it, LNG cannot be stored for any great length of my time. Is it true that countries which are building LNG facilities are not really building it for storage? It is certainly not for medium- or long-term storage; it is for very short-term storage. The only way LNG can really work is if it operates in the commercial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Brian Leddin: ..., it actually makes sense on a decarbonisation pathway to invest in some new fossil fuel infrastructure. I would like the professor's comments on that. To delve into the argument about LNG versus gaseous storage off the Old Head of Kinsale and-or the Islandmagee project in Northern Ireland which the professor mentioned, if the decision is that one of those projects makes more sense from a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Brian Leddin: What about LNG versus gaseous storage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Brian Leddin: ...that it seems to me that gaseous storage makes a lot more sense from a strategic point of view, but the next question is how quickly it could be developed and how costly it would be versus floating LNG units.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: On LNG, I do not know of any serious investigation of that subject that RTÉ has done. LNG is not suitable for medium- or long-term storage of energy, and that has never come through RTÉ's coverage. It has always been about the political divide or who wants it and who does not want it. If experts are asked, they will say it does not make sense for Ireland, but that is not coming...

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...have been talked about for a long time and I suspect it has not been. Speaking of simplistic narratives, there is a simplistic narrative with respect to the need for liquefied natural gas, LNG, and fossil fuel storage in this country. The energy security review published in September makes clear that it does not support a commercial LNG storage facility and I subscribe to that view....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: We are right to talk about data centres and LNG, we must manage the data centres, and I do not believe that we need to build any LNG infrastructure. The Minister is correct in that there is a better way forward. However, we should not ignore the fact that electricity generation accounts for just about 15% of our emissions. The real challenge with carbon emission is in transport and...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...a choice in the medium to long term to decide what our energy future is going to be. Voices in this House are calling for us to double down on how we did things in the past. Liquefied natural gas, LNG, is not the future for Ireland. We have so much renewable energy, especially off our coasts. If we are confident as a nation and believe we are world leaders - as we might be in the...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Brian Leddin: .... We have to be the first to do it. We should do it because we have the energy - more clean energy than nearly any other country. While the solution for many countries across Europe and the world might be LNG or nuclear power, these are not the solutions for Ireland. Ireland has a clear and clean path that it can follow. If we speak to Europe, and to the European need for clean...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Challenges: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...in a significant way last week. Today, we will probably get into the storage question a little more. There is an interest among committee members in talking more about liquefied natural gas, LNG. In that regard, we have quite a few witnesses before us. Ms Aoife MacEvilly, chairperson of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, is very welcome back. She is joined by Mr. Paul...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Challenges: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...that has come up significantly in the series of meetings we have had. From our previous meetings with the regulator, she is on record as having stated she sees a role for liquified natural gas, LNG. It seems the conversation around LNG and green hydrogen is changing quite rapidly even within a matter of months, and in the context of the current crisis it is being talked about much more....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Challenges: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...gas. In her opening statement, Ms Connolly was very clear that fracked gas can be just as bad as coal in terms of its climate impact. Does the CRU have a view on this? If it is advocating for LNG, and there is a considerable risk that the source of LNG could be fracked, are we not then putting ourselves in a position where we are actually contributing to climate change to the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Challenges: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: Officials appeared before this committee a few months ago and we spoke about how, at European level, efforts are being made to make the distinction between fracked and conventional LNG, which is welcome. Deputy Cronin is joining us from her office.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...our counterparts quite understand how Ireland can help Europe. When the Taoiseach goes to the European Council, he should reiterate the Government's position that we see that liquefied natural gas, LNG, has no role for us here in Ireland. There is no technical barrier to the development of a green hydrogen economy, with green hydrogen storage for generating power on those days and weeks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...we have been talking about green hydrogen as a serious prospect. It has similar characteristics to liquefied natural gas. Perhaps we are moving into a space where green hydrogen is the answer and LNG is not. Obviously, there are many challenges to be overcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: .... We have seen major shifts in defence policy in Europe in the last few days. As Mr. Daly alluded to earlier, Germany made a twin announcement of its ambition to move away from coal and build an LNG infrastructure, which many members of this committee would take serious issue with. However, Germany has its own challenges. I suppose it is not entirely improbable that Europe will decide,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...reserves and will not need to build anything here. We can rely on their reserves and then we do not need to build anything here. All members of this committee are clear that we do not want any new LNG infrastructure in Ireland. I note other news from the past 24 hours. The Shell oil company expects a doubling of the LNG market by 2040. Members can see where this is going. This is not...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...Deputies across the House who spoke in this debate, I believe we can realise this opportunity quickly. We have no need to rely on building new fossil fuel infrastructure or nuclear energy. Whether it is LNG infrastructure or nuclear energy, those projects will take ten or 15 years to develop. We do not have that time. We can build up our renewable resources in that timeframe. I agree...