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

The science is absolutely clear. Coal, gas and oil must be left in the underground. Yet, at COP, it is clear that the interests of profit and of oil-producing countries are coming first, while the needs of humanity are being forgotten. The COP process is failing. That is why I asked the Taoiseach earlier about whether Ireland would support a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. He seemed to ask why Ireland had not been presented with a treaty or been involved in negotiating that treaty, but this is precisely at an early point. There is no text of a treaty that Ireland is being asked to sign. Ireland is being asked to commit to the basic three pillars of a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, which are non-proliferation, a fair phase-out and just transition and to work with other countries. A series of small island nations, Latin American countries, the European Parliament and the World Health Organization have signed up to work on such a treaty modelled on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Will the Government also sign up?

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