Results 161-180 of 1,187,077 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Pat Deering OR speaker:Cian O'Callaghan OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:Chris Andrews OR speaker:Simon Coveney OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Chris Andrews6 OR speaker:Alan Farrell OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Danny Healy-Rae OR speaker:Pauline Tully OR speaker:Thomas Pringle OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Pippa Hackett OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Alan Kelly OR speaker:Peter Burke OR speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Jackie Cahill OR speaker:Alan Dillon OR speaker:Michael Healy-Rae OR speaker:Mark Ward OR speaker:Steven Matthews OR speaker:Ossian Smyth OR speaker:Seán Haughey OR speaker:James O'Connor OR speaker:Matt Shanahan OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:Maurice Quinlivan OR speaker:Seán Crowe OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh00 OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh22 OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Ivana Bacik OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh06 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh8 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh23 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh17 OR speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Marc MacSharry OR speaker:Pat Buckley) in 'Committee meetings'
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: In response to Deputy Murphy, ye, I have been lobbied by all sectors. We have a lobbying register in this country, which was set up by my party in government to make how public representatives are asked to take certain courses of action more transparent. That does not mean we do it. I listen to people fairly. I also reflect on where our economy is but the key point is that this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: Data centres are looking for a sustainable large energy user connection policy that will get them across the next number of years and get our country across the next number of years. I have met many industries. I had a trade mission on the west coast and one on the east coast. Some significant employers in this country would point out how important it is to have certainty for our country...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: No, I do not agree with-----
- 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)
Peter Burke: I cannot go into everyone's ask here-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: My Government has put together a lobbying register so everything is transparent so the Deputy can ask a question here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Peter Burke: It is on the public record. All minutes of those meetings are available on the public record, again, through work my party has done to ensure it is transparent and all decisions are transparent.
- 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-----