Alice-Mary Higgins

That the representatives of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action support ambitious national action on the Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review.

Ensure that the updated code results in an improved service for customers

Raise concerns about the department's fundamental misunderstanding of the risks associated with Cybersecurity threats and their mitigation

Raise concerns about the skills mix within the National Cyber Security Center and its capacity to attract and retain talent

Highlight the needs for cybersecurity to be considered a national defence responsibility rather than a communications infrastructure problem

Highlight the needs for cybersecurity to be supported with legislation that will facilitate reasonable, active responses to threats rather than the ad hoc reactive policy framework we are operating within

Amendments regarding transparency and use of emergency fuels

Express the utility of the Sustainable Development Goals as a tool for de-siloing policy barriers between departments and agencies

Highlight the challenges for businesses to integrate sustainable business practices into their operations, and the needs to support communications strategies to raise awareness for the same

Highlight industry concern regarding the U-turn in offshore windfarm planning strategy

Highlight the need for a more robust and effective planning system to support a place based approach for our towns and cities

Welcome the licencing alterations that were made to make domestic and small scale solar projects easier to develop

Highlight the need to politicians to look towards the national interest and beyond the narrow short term electoral gains they may make by impeding climate action infrastructure

Highlight the importance of Local Authorities when it comes to delivering local sustainable infrastructure

Highlight the fundemental role that transport infrastructure has in supporting long-term sustainable development