Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The issue of a commitment to a rapid transition from fossil fuels was sorely lacking in the COP27 text. What is the position of the Taoiseach and the Government on Ireland's continued membership of the Energy Charter Treaty, ECT? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, has clearly flagged that the ECT is a barrier to climate action and that it is being used by the fossil fuel industry to delay decarbonisation and to leave the public with the bill for their stranded assets. The ECT secretariat is actively seeking oil and gas-rich countries in the global south to join. Therefore, the continued membership of Ireland is legitimising this predatory behaviour. A number of EU countries, including most recently Germany, have indicated their intention to leave. Will Ireland do the same?

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