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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current rate of take-up of new farm methods which he regards as key to the Government climate ambitions and the step up needed by 2030 to meet the targets. [8346/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered new measures in the likely context that the sectors for which he has responsibility cannot meet the targets in the climate plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8345/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate the Minister on the progress he has made. I recall when I had the climate brief back in whenever it was - 2019 - and the outlook of the transport Department was much different from what it is today in terms of trying to achieve change. That said, it is disappointing, as the Minister admitted in his statement, that there is no guarantee that the transport targets will be hit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: Are new partners needed? Look at all the supermarkets. Look at all the locations that are providing business. That location is near the Garda station and not much else, as far as I could see. A mobility hub ought to be in a place where there are a whole lot of partners sharing the promotion of this as a concept.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: Finally, because I am probably abusing the clock, the merit of a circular economy strategy is that you get a lot of those players into the same room and you start to put pressure on more employers to take up the smarter travel mark or more supermarkets to start to engage with the location of mobility hubs so they can be seen to be part of the strategy. It is the partnership piece. It is all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: I have just a brief question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: I am interested in the Minister's point about building capacity for some of the bigger shifts we need to make. I absolutely agree with that, but I am interested to hear his view on his understanding of the planning bottlenecks that remain. They do seem to be the key issue in the context of BusConnects and renewable energy. Time and again, that is where the capacity constraint is now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: The original location was Clonshaugh but it died a death.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: Do not take me as an authority. I have not heard-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: That is my understanding. A planning limbo is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: I agree. We are doing the legislation, which we have beefed up, but as the Minister rightly said, the issue is judicial review. The case was made by the climate council that in other countries these projects would be done. These are not countries that are autocracies. I am wondering-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: Do we need some sort of critical path analysis that could be done by a whole-of-government team to look at why so many of these things fall off the radar for whatever reason? This is so we get down to a few net changes we could make to the process. We all say renewables are the great white hope for the country, but we then all wring our hands every other week because something is not moving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate Mr. O'Rourke on his appointment. It is interesting to see that the leadership is moving from a Kerry-Louth combination to a Westmeath-Leitrim one. I would like to pay tribute to the outgoing Kerry-Louth combination. I really believe Mr. Frank Ryan made an exceptional contribution and so did Mr. Martin Shanahan. The figures speak for themselves. The doubling of employment...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is legislative provision in place to require management companies to take reasonable steps to provide EV charging networks for occupiers. [8234/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the support schemes for EV charging networks developed by local authorities can cover the installation of chargers in multi-unit developments developed by local authorities or by approved housing bodies. [8232/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Bruton: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of local authorities that have installed EV charging networks with his Department's support; the number of locations in each case; and the planned and approved locations scheduled to be installed. [8235/24]