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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a set financial exposure limit on the Irish taxpayers commitment associated with Ireland hosting the Ryder Cup in 2027; if the commitment given by him on behalf of the Irish taxpayer is open ended; if such an exposure limit is set, the limit amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9184/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to Ireland hosting the Ryder Cup in 2027, if a risk assessment on behalf of the Irish taxpayer regarding the specific costs to the taxpayer of hosting of this event has been put in place and in the interests of transparency can that risk assessment be made available to the public. [9185/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to Ireland hosting the Ryder Cup in 2027, given that residents of the area are voicing certain reservations about the estimated 250,000 people expected to attend the event in the village of Adare over a three day period in 2027, if an infrastructural report which outlines environmental damage and which confirms the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on the significant delays experienced by certain tenants in the processing of their tenant-in-situ applications in Fingal (details supplied); the reasons for these delays; and if he can provide an update on when a person can expect a decision on their case. [8982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a case previously highlighted (details supplied), where a tenant is facing homelessness due to significant delays in the processing of their tenant-in-situ application; if he can outline a proposed intervention due to the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the communication he has had with Fingal County Council with regard to the long processing delays with the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8984/24]

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

Paul Murphy: 391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fate of all thoroughbred horses that have been sold to China; and if he is concerned about the announcement that racing is to cease in Macau in April (details supplied). [9001/24]

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.