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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)
Deputies: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)
Simon Harris: I, too, want to begin by paying tribute to Deputies Shortall and Catherine Murphy on their significant decision. I want to acknowledge them both as very formidable politicians. I believe Deputy Shortall is the longest serving female TD in the history of our State. That in and of itself is an historic record that deserves commendation. Through her work on Sláintecare, she brought...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)
Joan Collins: People cannot afford them.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)
Simon Harris: I will get to affordability. So far this year, we are seeing around 500 people per week buying their first home. Sometimes, we get the impression from Deputy McDonald that no one is buying a house and nothing is happening, but that is simply not the reality. On top of that on the social housing side of things, we saw the largest number of social houses allocated last year than at any...
- Prelude (2 Jul 2024)
- Prelude (2 Jul 2024)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
- Prelude (2 Jul 2024)
Prayer and Reflection.
- Prelude (2 Jul 2024)
Paidir agus Machnamh.
- Appointment of Minister and Ministers of State (2 Jul 2024)
- Appointment of Minister and Ministers of State (2 Jul 2024)
Simon Harris: I wish to announce for the information of the Dáil that having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputy Jack Chambers to be a member of the Government, the President on 26 June 2024 appointed him accordingly. On the same day, I assigned the Department of Finance to Deputy Jack Chambers. On 27 June 2024, on my nomination, the Government...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: I heard the news that our colleagues Deputies Róisín Shortall and Catherine Murphy have announced they are not going forward for re-election. I acknowledge them as two mighty and formidable women in leadership. I wish them both the very best in the future. A moment of girl power, I feel, which is rare enough in these Chambers. Two thirds of people believe it is harder than...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Paul Murphy: I thank both groups for coming in. I will start with Ms Jammet, if I could. She has said that Ireland is not good on this front compared with other countries in Europe. We have one of the lowest rates of circular material use. Why is that the case? Why are we worse than the EU average?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Paul Murphy: In her opening remarks, Ms Jammet mentioned the need for these circularity principles to be integrated into planning. That includes, for example, pre-demolition audits on larger projects. That makes sense to me. I agree with the point that Senator Dooley was getting at, that if it is not in planning regulations then the tendency and incentive will be for the lowest costs to be taken, and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Paul Murphy: It is not related to public or private, but simply the size of the project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Paul Murphy: The environment does not care whether it is done by the public sector or private sector. Is that fair to say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Paul Murphy: I have a final question and then will go to CIF. A big issue here is vacant properties. They already exist and have a lot of embodied carbon. Even if they are in bad condition, full retrofits are still a fraction of the cost of building new properties. What is the main obstacle, as Ms Jammet sees it, to bringing vacant properties into use, which will obviously significantly reduce...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Paul Murphy: I will now turn to the CIF. Do the witnesses broadly agree with the recommendations being made in terms of planning about pre-demolition audits?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Paul Murphy: Mr. Fitzpatrick says CIF is broadly in favour of a more circular approach to the construction industry. The CIF lobbies the Government a lot. Is this something it has lobbied for over the past year or in recent years? I refer to an increase in standards and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Paul Murphy: To ask the question again, in all of the Construction Industry Federation's lobbying of the Government, has it lobbied in favour of increased standards in service of environmental standards for building in terms of circularity?