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Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Therefore, there is no veto.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: That is in the law now. It is in the 2006 Act.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: It is. There is no such thing as a veto. It is an absolute red herring in this debate. The other thing that is dragged in as an example of why we need to do it is the idea that we may need to go and get our citizens from abroad but are currently blocked from doing so. Again, that is a red herring and is not true. In the 2006 Act there is a series of exceptions set out where the triple...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste is not able to come up with any examples where the triple lock prevents us from sending troops. The truth is that this is about sending troops on US-led and NATO-led missions into the likes of-----

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: You say it yourself.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: You say yourself it is at the core of our neutrality.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: A bit of honesty.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: We had a Bill.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: We proposed a Bill. You voted it down.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: We had a wording.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if cleaning staff employed directly by schools should be paid for 7 June 2024, even if their school is being used as a polling station on that day. [24172/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: All eyes are on Rafah. The Taoiseach spoke earlier about the horrific scenes that the world watched - children being burned alive who had fled from elsewhere in Gaza, like a million other people, to Rafah before being targeted by Israel. Can the Taoiseach tell me whether any Irish-exported technology was used in the preparation of that massacre or in the close to 40,000 other deaths?...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: We tried at the Business Committee and you voted against it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: No, they have not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. I will start with the EPA report and the EU targets, which are relative to 2005 rather than our 2018 targets. The EPA is saying that with the existing measures we would achieve a reduction of 9% by 2030 and with additional measures it would be 25%, down from 30% that was estimated last year. Will the Minister outline the range of fines we are looking at if, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I agree with that, but the Government that is putting money away in a rainy day fund as opposed to investing to do it now. That does not make sense from a point of view of the economics involved, quite apart from the need to have a liveable future for humanity. Putting money away now and not spending it, and as a consequence being hit with fines that run into the billions, does not make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: But this is with additional measures. This is the stuff on which it was promised that money would be spent. At the moment, however, it is not planned to spend the money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: The EPA report tells us that even with everything the Government is planning to do and with all the additional measures, we will still be miles away from where we need to be legally in the context of our national and EU targets and even further away from where we should be in terms of the science. That is the bottom line. It is a damning indictment not just of the Government in general but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister raised the point about Dún Laoghaire and the living streets, or whatever project it was in Dún Laoghaire. He raised that with me in the Dáil before and I went to check it. We have one councillor in Dún Laoghaire and she voted in favour of that project. As for offshore wind, we are in favour of the development of offshore wind but, in this case, there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: No. It is anything but brave decision-making. The children will pay the price for the lack of action by this Government. That is the truth. The Minister can try to lull people to sleep and pretend that everything is going to be okay, but it is not. We are heading towards an absolute catastrophe and the Minister is not telling the truth to people. The EPA report tells the truth to...