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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: I am referring to paragraph 79 on page 30.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Sure. The Citizens' Assembly is set up to provide recommendations on what needs to happen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Surely we should have allowed the assembly to make whatever recommendations it wanted to make. EU law can be changed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Obviously, the Citizens' Assembly cannot change it, just as it cannot change the law in Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Did that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Is it is possible that it is below the level at which the members of the assembly wanted to see it? That is the important question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Did EU law affect the wording of any of the other questions in this session or any other session?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Okay. My final question relates to the recommendation that an independent body should be established.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Yes. It is implicit in that recommendation that the members of the assembly do not consider the Climate Change Advisory Council to have sufficient teeth to play this role.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Was the advisory council discussed in that context? Was it pointed out that a body already exists?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I refer to two aspects of the relationship between economic growth to greenhouse gas emissions. Would the witnesses agree there does not have to be a link between economic growth and increased greenhouse gas? For example, in Britain between 1999 and 2013, transport greenhouse gas emissions fell by 8% in the context of the UK economy expanding...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: My second questions flows on from that. I do not make the point out of any fear for the profits of corporations but because we need to stand up to the polluters and take action regardless of the effect on profit. Undoubtedly, ordinary citizens want to take action, that is reflected in the report of the Citizens' Assembly that we are discussing. However, a problem with the focus on carbon...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: The tax strategy paper, and the ESRI's presentation, accept that carbon tax a regressive tax as currently operated. It hits the poorest income deciles harder as a percentage of income. Has the ESRI examined the proposal by Dr. James Hansen for a fee and dividend model? As it would be charged at the point of entry of carbon into the economy, it would be primarily charged on fossil fuel...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)
Paul Murphy: I am on the finance committee and every time we deal with the Department of Finance, it says it cannot touch hypothecation. The Department of Finance and economists want tax revenue coming in and then they want to make rational decisions as to how they spend it. One can understand why the public is in favour of hypothecation, namely, linking tax to particular spending, which in this case is...
- Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)
Paul Murphy: I endorse the call and encourage people to continue to conserve water. I agree that this definitely concerns domestic users but it also concerns businesses and the State. That is the immediate answer to the crisis we face in ensuring we do not run out of water. That immediate answer does not point to the cause of the crisis, however, or to what it is fundamentally about. As has been...
- Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)
Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.
- Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2018)
Paul Murphy: I will be very brief, because I definitely do not want a situation to arise where we all speak effusively in favour of the Bill and not get around to passing it. I will do my very best to avoid that situation. I congratulate Deputy Pringle, Trócaire and the other organisations which have campaigned on this issue. This is one of the most important Bills the House will pass in this...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)
Paul Murphy: That is Michael O'Leary's fault.