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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]

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

Paul Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of two complaints (details supplied) submitted to his office; if he will ensure that his Department processes these complaints as a matter of urgency, taking the necessary actions for animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8187/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a college fee waiver will be given to a person (details supplied) in order that they can continue their studies; if not, how their college fees can be covered for the remainder of their course, given they are an international protection applicant; if they will be eligible for the international protection student scheme for FE and HE...

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.

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Joan Collins for bringing forward this very important Bill. We live in a world of growing, galloping and deepening inequality. Since 2020, about two thirds of the new wealth created in the economy went to just 1% of the population, almost twice what the bottom 99% got globally. The same process is happening in Ireland, where the richest two billionaires now have as much...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [7878/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: You are in government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: Are you the only Government?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: On Tuesday night, a crowd gathered outside Celbridge Manor. That is where more than 100 people seeking asylum, children, women and men, live. The crowd chanted, "Paedophiles out. Deport them now. Get them out." There were threats made to burn down the building, where people live. Why? Because of a disgusting lie spread on social media by far-right agitators. The lie was that a...