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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)
Darren O'Rourke: I know we are tight for time but I want to touch on the issue of concrete and I have listened to the Minister's comments on it so far. I hear a lot from the sector that there are new obligations and new levies but that the developed infrastructure is not there to support them to recycle or reuse construction materials. Does the Minister recognise this as a problem and a challenge and what...
- 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)
Paul Murphy: Has the Minister been lobbied by the data centre industry either individually as data centres or the varying lobbying organisations? If so, what have been they been pushing for and what has been his response? What measures are being taken to ensure the policy on data centres does not place significant stress on Ireland's water supply, as well as the stress on our electricity supply? We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: What did they request?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: To be clear, the Minister agreed with their asks.
- 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)
Paul Murphy: I am just wondering. He tells me-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: I am asking the Minister about it.
- 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: 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.