Results 121-140 of 1,199,609 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Áine Brady OR speaker:Mary Lou McDonald OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Aindrias Moynihan OR speaker:Leo Varadkar OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh22 OR speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan OR speaker:Niamh Smyth OR speaker:Chris Andrews OR speaker:Danny Healy-Rae OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Cormac Devlin OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn OR speaker:Alan Kelly OR speaker:Áine Brady88 OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh12 OR speaker:Louise O'Reilly OR speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh27 OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Catherine Connolly OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh19 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh08 OR speaker:Martin Kenny OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh04 OR speaker:Áine Brady72 OR speaker:Michael Creed OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh05 OR speaker:Thomas Gould OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh03 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh02 OR speaker:James Browne OR speaker:Jack Chambers OR speaker:Áine Brady70 OR speaker:Áine Brady49 OR speaker:Richard O'Donoghue OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh21 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh25 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh26 OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh6 OR speaker:Thomas Pringle OR speaker:Simon Harris) in 'Committee meetings'

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: I am going to move on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: -----because I want to be fair to colleagues who are waiting and have indicated. I will bring Deputy Murphy back in again if there is time at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: Data centres are at the heart of the ICT sector. That is the reality. Without them, we cannot develop a sector in which we have created a considerable competitive advantage. We have short-term problems of capacity constraints in meeting their demand. As the Minister said, though, we have a substantial opportunity in the long term to develop the offshore sector. We need domestic users of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: I remind the Deputy about the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: There are huge opportunities for us to rethink the way we design these sectors to reduce their impact both on climate and the wider environment. My specific question is: will the Minister consider introducing sectoral strategies around the circular economy in the key sectors within his remit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: I remind Senator Higgins of the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: I want to give the Minister time to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: There were one or two other questions there that I will give the Minister a moment to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: Sorry, I am going to allow Deputy Farrell in to speak. I will come back to Senator Higgins if there is time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: I take this opportunity to ask three questions, all of which are related to other Ministers and Departments but where there is a role for the Minister's Department. Regarding the major decarbonisation piece with offshore wind energy, the early stage planning for the west coast and the designated maritime area plans, DMAPs, that is very much with the Department of Housing, Local Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: Larger industry is interested in looking at hydrogen as well but would certainly need to be supported. There is certainly a role for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: I will not allow interruptions.

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)

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)

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: Business of Joint Committee (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: No apologies have been received. We will go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I wish everyone a good afternoon. I welcome everyone to our public meeting. I remind members of the constitutional requirements that they must be physically present within the confines of the place which Parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where he or she is not adhering to this...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: In response to the petitioner Tusla has said that while HIQA does not place sanctions on Tusla, if it finds improvement must be made to service, it gets Tusla to complete a complaints plan which is followed up subsequently and inspection reports are posted on HIQA's website. I suggest we ask the petitioner for their response and go back to Tusla about the database. Did we ask about the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: The second petition is No. P00012/23 - “Justice [and] Safety” - C.J. Gaffney: We are calling on the Government to compensate us out of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) which was offered at our meeting in Brussels and confirmed by the documents and radio interview contained in the links below by Irish MEPs and senior EU officials, considering the...