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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: All political representatives locally have been decent on this to a large extent, and have been willing to work with the Minister of State on this.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: We appreciate the Minister of State's work. I will come back to him on that. I want to refer to something else that has been raised. I know this has been before the Committee of Public Accounts. We have had two schemes in tranche 2, almost in an indefinite pattern, since 2018. That is in relation to what is going on in Rathcormac. I know the Minister of State did not get a chance to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: -----but I brought the former Minister, Michael McGrath - the predecessor of the Minister, Deputy Donohoe - there for a visit after Storm Babet. We met residents there. I have been there. I want to get a sense for the people of Rathcormac and Castlemartyr, whose two schemes have been caught in tranche 2 for some years, going back to 2018 and even prior to that when the schemes were...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: I accept that the Minister of State has done what he can on an interim basis. The Minister of State has visited on many occasions. Nobody can fault him for his sincerity and the follow-ups he has done on his visits. I know some people will be angered by me saying this but on the whole, as Ministers go, the Minister of State has been very diligent in being responsive to questions on these...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: Castlemartyr.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: When the Minister of State visits, there may be an opportunity for that conversation. Fingers crossed, he will come down after the general election. We have to get that out of the way first.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: Touch wood, we may all be back again. Hopefully the Minister of State will still be in a position to do that as it would be much appreciated. I thank the Chairman for allowing me to speak here today.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: I appreciate the opportunity to speak. I acknowledge that it is just over 12 months since Storm Babet hit east Cork. The incident has left an enormous footprint on our landscape, homes and businesses, and on much of our public amenities, whether public roads, community hospitals, Garda stations or schools in the area. People are dealing with the trauma of that. I acknowledge the enormous...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: I appreciate that commitment. It is helpful to know that the Minister of State is willing to do that. I was with my Oireachtas colleagues yesterday, Deputies Stanton and Buckley. The three of us were there together and have worked in unison in the Oireachtas to raise this in the Chamber.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James O'Connor: I appreciate that. I have a secondary point to make, expanding on the €5.8 million individual property protection scheme. Another valid point that has been made is that we obviously have different homes at different scales. We have semi-detached housing, detached housing and housing estates. We have one-off sites that have flooded along the urban area of Midleton and also terraced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: I would say to Senator Higgins that the framing of the fast-tracking of fracking or liquefied natural gas infrastructure is strongly disputed. The Senator's view is her own. It is unfair to ask the witness to confirm her subjective view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: The Senator would agree it is not fast-tracking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: As no other members are indicating, we have reached the end of the session. I thank the witnesses for their time. It has been a very informative session. I thank colleagues for their questions and their consistent interest in the annual COPs. This is the last meeting of this committee but, no doubt, the future iteration of the Joint Committee on the Environment and Climate Action will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: We do not have time to reopen the issue. It is the case that if some entity, whether the Government, a commercial entity or a private individual, were to apply to build such a facility, and, hopefully, we will never be in a situation where we need this horrendous fuel, then all of the legislation that recently passed means it would be treated as a strategic in nature and, therefore, it would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: Thank you. I believe that view is shared by all members of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: Okay. I will go back to Senator Higgins as we will have time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: Sorry, Senator, but I want to give Deputy O'Rourke a chance to comment. The Senator has had a lot of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Fitzpatrick for his opening statement. I will go to members now to ask questions. Would Deputy Murphy like to go first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Curran for her opening statement. I now call Mr. Fitzpatrick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Brian Leddin: The purpose of this morning's meeting is to have a discussion in advance of COP29. Before the recess the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, attended at this committee to give his outlook ahead of this very important conference of the parties in Azerbaijan. On behalf of the committee I welcome Ms Siobhan Curran, head of policy and advocacy, Trócaire; and Mr. Ross Fitzpatrick, policy and...