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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: The Minister is on his own time. Could he address the other questions by-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: Some data centres with new technology use water while others use air. The EPA regulates their usage and it is important that it does so effectively. The corporate sustainability reporting directive and reporting requirements are coming down the line. We have signed up to the directive and the data centres will have to comply with it in terms of the measures and parameters the Deputy has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister. That was very good time - right up to 2.30 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: Public employment is vast in terms of what area you are looking at. The population of our State is growing rapidly. Looking at how much we have grown over recent years, it is quite significant. The public service will have to grow to match the services that our citizens require.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: Retrofitting is a huge line of work. Many areas where people oppose having various levies to try to fund our carbon changes will be critical. I know from the midlands how much more we need to put into retrofitting. It is a huge challenge for us, at massive scale.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: Local authorities, absolutely, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: We are past 2.30 p.m. The Minister needs to go. I thank colleagues for their co-operation. We had limited time but it has been a valuable and positive engagement. The Minister has been very forthcoming with his answers. I thank the Minister for making the time to meet with us this afternoon. As Deputy Bruton alluded to, it has been a difficult few weeks for the Minister, so we very much...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: No.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: Agreed.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: This is going on a long time. It was 1992 or something when this started. I will take up to 2011, I think. The document here has 41 pages. I see the work that has gone into this. The way this family has been treated is diabolical. I will read out some quotes because it is interesting that they are still fighting in 2024. I am reading from p.11: When we met the top two officials from...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: Yes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: Does that fall within the remit of the committee?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: I probably have a source as well, but I would prefer not to say-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: Yes, I will feed it through the secretariat.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: I agree with that recommendation.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: I agree with the petition. It is heart-wrenching. Let us see what action will come back from it. It is about progressing stuff for people. It is a very sad situation.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: I would love to see the response to that from the HSE, and then we might have a better part for the lady and-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: Yes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)
Pat Buckley: No, Chair, just to agree to that..