Housing is infrastructure; it has to be infrastructure. What happens if a project has been designated as critical infrastructure, a designation order has been made to a public body to speed it up and that public body does not fully comply or delays exceed what would be reasonable given the State's designation of the project as critical? The draft legislation outlines the process by which individual projects or programmes will be designated as critical infrastructure.
The Minister did not rule out designating fossil fuel infrastructure as part of critical infrastructure. Climate legislation should not be a barrier to the delivery of critical infrastructure, as section 7 appears to insinuate. Deleting section 7 and requiring climate action to be considered will in no way impact on the delivery of critical infrastructure projects.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Cathal Byrne and Paul Daly; Níl, Senators Nessa Cosgrove and Laura Harmon.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 29–5 |
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