Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

Greenhouse gas emissions are declining across Europe. They are declining far too slowly to avoid catastrophe for humanity but, in Ireland, greenhouse gas emissions are rising. They are rising at the fastest rate of any EU country, by 12.3% year on year, despite the fact the Green Party is in government and we are in contravention of our targets under the climate action plan. Aviation is a key part of that. We have a very modest proposal, namely, a Bill that has passed First Stage that will allow the banning of private jets. Private jets epitomise excessive luxury consumption by the very richest in the world, who have an outsized impact on our environment, for which they experience very little of the consequences. It is the very poorest people in the world who experience the consequences first and hardest. The top 1% are responsible for 16% of all emissions globally. Just one private jet trip, into or out of Ireland, emits approximately 10 tonnes of carbon, which is about the same as one person in Ireland throughout the entire year. Does the Taoiseach agree we should ban these private jets?

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