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Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: "Transition" can mean anything.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister has said what he is in favour of. I was asking if he is against-----

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I know about the "State-owned" part, so I will move on to the budgets.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am going to move to questions on other areas, so that is fine.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We heard from the Climate Change Advisory Council. The key discussion here relates to the budgets. I welcome the Minister's acknowledgement of the legally binding element in terms of 2050 and the 51%. He understands that to be a legally binding target. We had a concern about the budgets from the CCAC. I think this was from Meabh Gallagher, the scientific officer. None of the scenarios...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a number of other questions. This is our core focus. There is another piece that is missing. There were a few elements assumed and not assumed in the draft budgets. There was a failure to include the fact that the US had left the Paris Agreement. We have the 51% and the ultimate objective of doing our part. Does the Minister believe we will need to consider substantially...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There are probably a lot of questions on energy coming, so I wish to focus on that land use piece. That is the area where we are failing.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I wish to briefly ask about one of my other questions. I asked the Minister whether we need to look at modelling that reflects the United States’ exit and one that reflects fairness. Having a model that reflects fair share was another key issue.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: But in terms of fair share-----

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Chair, I just-----

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am happy to get it in writing, Chair.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I ask for a comment, even in writing subsequent to this meeting, on the fair share modelling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: My questions are in two sets - one relates to access to heritage sites, and I also have questions on the environmental and public procurement area. On the question of access to heritage sites, Deputy Timmins highlighted the matter with a specific example, but I looking more to the principle in two or three areas. One is on a very practical and physical level, that is, the question of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I want to pick up on the idea we heard about yesterday of this two-pronged approach, where Ireland might move on goods and then we would try to persuade Europe as a whole to move on services. I wish to come in on this point because I think the case has been very eloquently made in terms of leadership and so forth. In terms, though, of that idea of moving the dial, is it not the case that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: And the provisions for goods would not be affected.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: My time is limited. I come back to my question about the disservice. If we produce a narrow interpretation of what obligations are under the ICJ ruling, does that potentially set a weaker precedent or perhaps make it harder for other states? We keep talking about the case, but regarding the labelling, is it not the situation that it did not require a case in the end, but that simply, when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: So it would have to get in line with us or other countries in that case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Mr. Liston mentioned "States must cease all" as the interpretation. We heard yesterday that "prevent" is ambiguously interpreted by others. Is it the case that it is not ambiguously interpreted? Is that 0% trade and services figure we heard plausible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I might pick up on the practicalities. The witnesses will be aware that the Bill we are looking at is a little sparse at the moment because we are walking in to see finished legislation moving rapidly in the autumn. I am conscious that they might not have time to answer me. If there is something they want to add in writing instead, I am happy to take that. As I understood it, in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Further to that, Mr. O'Neill spoke about how we have already banned services. We have the previous experience of Ireland as a state applying a ban on services. It is important to clarify this has happened and the mechanisms are there as we move to draft this Bill or give our input towards that. Will Mr. O'Neill confirm that specifically?