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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...the next five years or less. It should have been put in last year. The State architect sat here last year and said we could have embodied carbon measurement at the beginning of last year 2023. Pat Barry from the Irish Green Building Council said the same. It is not hard to do it. I have done it myself. There is software to just measure the embodied carbon. I do not see why the...

Defective Dwellings Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...take a share of the responsibility. It it not equal. I thank the many people who have championed this cause, not least the authors of the Bill, Dr. Deirdre Ní Fhloinn and Conor Linehan SC; Pat Montague, advocate for the Construction Defects Alliance; the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and Donal Swan who began this process more than six years ago; and lastly, my team Lara,...

Defective Dwellings Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...Linehan SC, who have done Trojan work in this area, both on research and on informing us, the legislators, of the gravity of the issue when it comes to defects. It would be remiss of me not to mention Pat Montague of the Construction Defects Alliance, who has campaigned tirelessly and advocated for thousands of homeowners across the country who are impacted by defects. I make special...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: .... In that context, last year this committee had a number of sessions on embodied carbon and drew up a report on it. Both Mr. Ciarán O'Connor, the Office of Public Works State architect, and Mr. Pat Barry of the Irish Green Building Council agreed that we would be in a position to begin measurement of embodied carbon in the first quarter of this year, which is now. We are not even...

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Very shortly after I was elected to the Dáil, I was introduced to Pat Montague, the Construction Defects Alliance and the Apartment Owners Network. I would like to believe I have continued the good working relationship the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, had with these organisations before me. Following on from the Minister's endeavours, I set about assisting them through a hearing...

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...us beyond the stage of merely talking about it. We have spent too long talking about it. The timeframe the Department is working to is 2027. In my opinion, this needs to change. Both Mr. Pat Barry of the Irish Green Building Council and Mr. Ciarán O'Connor, Office of Public Works, OPW, State architect, concurred in our committee briefings that measurement can begin in 2023. ...

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ..., and my fellow colleagues on the committee for their engagement and contributions, which brought about a very rich and valuable discussion and, in turn, a robust set of recommendations. My thanks is extended to Patricia Fitzgerald and her colleagues for their work behind the scenes and for their patience. I am grateful to the experts and officials within the Department of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...I also thank them for their wisdom, this discourse and the energy all of them bring to the subject of embodied carbon. I have been inspired in my career by the work of Mr. Ciarán O'Connor and Mr. Pat Barry in their respective professional exemplary projects in policy agendas that are truly sustainable and evolving. I should also note Mr. Kerrigan in Enterprise Ireland and his work...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...has not been brought back even though it has been brought back to various other areas. It is under-resourced with gardaí. I do not know how much more needs to be said. I heard yesterday from Pat Daly, who works in Kiltalown rehabilitation centre, that crystal meth is coming and when that comes you can forget about everything. I was going to say something else but I will not say...