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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the criticisms raised about animal welfare in China, what procedures his Department has taken to ensure the safety of thoroughbred horses, particularly in the context of the announcement that racing is to cease in Macau in April (details supplied). [9002/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a detailed breakdown of all Irish horses exported to China, Hong Kong and Korea, by year (details supplied). [9003/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 17 January 2024, received from HRI if he will instruct HRI to provide a breakdown of the ages of the horses sent to slaughter. [9004/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will legislate to ban hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8357/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the distribution of CAP direct payments, whereby the top eight recipients received more than €200,000 each, compared with an average payment of less than €9,657; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8355/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will act to reverse the reduction in the area under tillage in 2022 in light of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8356/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be necessary for Ireland to reduce dairy and beef production to reach our legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8358/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the sectoral emissions reductions targets for agriculture for the first carbon budget period can now be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8354/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. He mentioned biofuels. I want to ask about that because it is Government policy. The promotion of biofuels is in the draft climate action plan. On the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil, HVO, a recent study revealed that, between them, Ireland and Britain imported 151 million l of used cooking oil from Malaysia in 2020. However, a separate study concluded that only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: Yes, but that implies that there is a surplus. We do not have a surplus now and we will not have one for quite a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I am talking about a real surplus such that we will be able to cover all our electricity demand and the new demand for renewables. In order to do that at a significant scale, there would need to be a significant surplus. It takes a lot of energy to produce any of these e-fuels.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is saying that by 2030 we will not be using any fossil fuels whatsoever for electricity production.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: That may be so, but I understand it is better to select a particular wind farm to be used for hydrogen or whatever, rather than saying the surplus of the whole grid. For technical reasons, it is problematic. It is not like diverting it to someone’s hot water tank or whatever. It is far more complicated than that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: One of the targets in Climate Action Plan 2024 is to reduce by 20% the number of kilometres travelled by vehicles. Where are we in the context of that target? Has there been a reduction? On a related matter, the Minister stated that we need to stop fossil fuel cars. Last year, more fossil fuel cars were sold than EVs. That is not compatible with meeting the targets. We should not be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: Thank you.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [6664/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his engagements at the special meeting of the European Council on Ukraine and the EU budget. [7879/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 8 November 2022, if he will follow up with the UN Human Rights Committee, requesting any updates in relation to this case, including any actions taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the decision on an international protection application will be made for a person (details supplied); the reason international protection is not being expedited for Palestinians; and what psychological and social supports are available to this person and other Gazans. [8170/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a campaign (details supplied) in light of stark hen harrier decline; if he will give a Government commitment to the protection of this bird of prey before it is too late; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8183/24]