Results 221-240 of 1,024,103 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan OR speaker:Seán Sherlock) in 'Committee meetings'
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Regarding the easier wins, the carbon tax is controversial. I would always defend it because of what carbon tax is ring-fenced for and where it is intended to go. One of the places it is intended to go is the warmer homes scheme which is aimed at making older houses or houses for older people on payments like fuel allowance more efficient. Obviously, we know there are massive delays in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: The rate of pace of getting them-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Is there any strategy to reduce that waiting time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Deputy Kenny touched on the issue of biomethane gas. As the Minister knows, I introduced a Bill in the Dáil on anaerobic digestion because I genuinely see the potential for it in rural areas to be done on almost a co-operative basis with farms, distilleries, chicken farms or whatever basically being the input into these anaerobic digesters and then having the digestate for fertiliser....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: We are not condoning any of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: The experience regarding anaerobic digestion is that the controls are far tighter and the levels expected far higher than those in the UK and Europe. That is why we are seeing a more widespread roll-out of the technology in Europe. We might touch on that later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: We are going to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: We all agree that it is a threat to our future. We will move on to the second round. The first person to indicate was Deputy Whitmore.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister to be quick because other people want to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: There are only ten minutes left in the session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: The Minister should respond very quickly because we only have ten minutes left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: We will move on because other people want to get in on the second round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I am sorry to interrupt the Deputy but we have only ten minutes left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: We have only ten minutes left, so I will move on to Deputy Bruton.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: We will move on to Deputy Bruton because we have only ten minutes left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Deputy Bruton can clarify what he said. Please continue, Deputy Bruton. We are nearly there; let us keep things cordial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I call Deputy Murphy, who has two minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: From my perspective, in terms of farmers doing their bit for nature, they want to restore habitats and rewild. However, whatever way you want to phrase it, there is going to have to be proper payment and proper compensation. ACRES has certainly had a lot of interest. Many farmers have signed up for that - close to 40,000 - but the measures need to be bigger and, therefore, the payment and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I understand why it is different but when can we expect to see the budget set?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: There is no carbon budget for land use and land changes is there?