Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Barry Andrews, MEP, for raising an interesting range of questions around the SDGs and for his reference to the protocol.

I now invite Ciarán Cuffe, MEP, to address us. When he told us a little about himself, he modestly omitted that he has an extraordinarily gifted academic career, which I came across. It is worthy of merit. It includes a masters degree of science in cities, a masters degree in regional and urban planning, a research scholarship and a bachelor's degree in architecture from UCD. He has had a distinguished academic career. He is a Member of the European Parliament for Dublin for the Green Party. He sits on the energy and transport committees of the Parliament, and he serves as president of EUFORES, a European NGO that promotes the deployment of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. He is an architect and planner. He graduated in 1989. He has served as a Dublin city councillor, as a Deputy for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, and as Minister for State with responsibility for sustainable transport and climate change. He lives with his family in Stoneybatter in Dublin’s north inner city. We look forward to his address.