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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta Connolly as an ábhar tábhachtach seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Tá brón orm go bhfuil an ráiteas a thug an Roinn dom as Béarla agus nach bhfuil aon ráiteas trí Ghaeilge agam. Is féidir liom an Ghaeilge a labhairt ach ba mhaith liom a bheith soiléir agus beacht leis...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: Tá mise ag labhairt ar son an Rialtais agus tá dualgas ar Uisce Éireann cumarsáid agus teagmháil a dhéanamh leis an bpobal sna ceantair go léir. Tá dualgas air i bhfad níos mó eolais a thabhairt don phobal, do Theachtaí Dála agus do chomhlairleoirí contae sa cheantar freisin. Iarrfaidh mé ar Uisce Éireann é sin...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: What? This is too much.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: I challenge any Sinn Féin Deputy to explain decoupling to the public without a script in front of them. I will go on the radio with any of them.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: They are all reading script. They do not know what it is they are reading.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: We will not let them.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: At least the Deputy mentioned Putin.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: I agree with some of the things Deputy McNamara said but I am reminded of the time he compared us with Cromwell over the Covid restrictions, whereas it turned out-----

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: -----that we had one of the best outcomes in the entire world from Covid.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: That was thanks to the policies of this Government.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: To be fair, there is a wide range of suggestions from the Opposition and there are interesting points across the spectrum. The general criticism I have of the Opposition response is that while the Government is struggling with this crisis, as governments all over the world are, and the Opposition cannot be expected to come up with answers, an acknowledgment at least of how complex this...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

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Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: What I would like from the Rural Independent Group Members and from others as well is an acknowledgement that climate change is a fact, that it is coming towards us like a train and we must react to it and that the public and the people the group's Deputies represent in counties Kerry, Tipperary, Cork and Offaly know that as well and are working towards it. The other issue is Putin. This...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: -----says more about them than it does about us. Colleagues have raised genuine issues about energy security and there is no doubt about that. We have work to do on that and we have been doing a huge amount of work. On the crisis, Deputy Whitmore asked for clear messaging on the issue of what the Government is doing versus the caps Sinn Féin proposes. Its proposed cap essentially...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: -----and in the face of, effectively, a mad tyrant in Russia causing a war, there should be unity around the place. We should take good ideas from the Opposition, which we are doing, and Opposition Deputies should also give some acknowledgment of the work under way, which is extraordinary work by all governments in the face of this crisis, and work with us to get the best results for the...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: Under new measures the moratorium has been extended from 1 December until 28 February and, for vulnerable customers, from 1 October to the end of March. There was a Sinn Féin representative on television the other night saying there was no moratorium in place. The moratorium is in place for the toughest times of the year. There are lots of measures in place to help customers. I have...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: I have no doubt in the budget next week there will be a major package for businesses. That is going to happen. We know what businesses are going through. One of our top priorities in the past few years has been to protect jobs and that is going to continue in this energy crisis.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: Do not talk about blood.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Transport Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: The Senator is right to be excited, interested and encouraged by what is being done in Galway. It is really positive. As he rightly noted, sustainability and the need to decarbonise lie at the heart of transport policy, as set out in commitments under the programme for Government, the national development plan, NDP, the whole-of-government climate action plan and key strategies such as the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Transport Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Senator. I will certainly pass his comments on to the Minister. The programme for Government and climate action plan commit the Government to positioning Ireland at the forefront of a wider energy transition and the cutting edge of scientific and technological innovation in meeting our climate targets. Against that background and all of the actions we are taking under the...