Results 11,101-11,120 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt the Deputy.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: In terms of existing licence holders, that is the legal position, and the vast majority of fossil fuels are being left in the ground in Ireland. That is the reality and the Deputy knows it. We are not entertaining any new licence applications.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: With regard to Deputy Boyd Barrett-----
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----his absolute zealous focus on the US is noted. Without the US, last year there would have been no COP of any merit or substance. President Biden has brought about a significant change internationally to the whole climate change agenda------
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----along with his representative, John Kerry, and several former American presidents, all of whom are focused on trying to get outcomes at these COPs. That needs to be acknowledged, unlike other big powers that are not making the same contribution at this stage to the international effort. The US has an awful lot more to do in general and not just in respect of its military. There is a...
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----rather than decrying them all the time. For the Deputy, the US and nobody else is the big baddie of the world, in terms of his presentations. Deputy Paul Murphy raised the issue of data centres.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: He referenced south county Dublin. First, because of the digital age, data centres are a reality, unless you want to de-digitalise the entire society and economy.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Does the Deputy want to de-digitalise it? He needs to be honest and front up on that.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: We have a framework. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU-----
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----has come up with a policy proposal that the Government is adopting. The Government has published a statement in respect of a moderate position on the utilisation of data centres and further data centres.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line, however, is that thousands of jobs depend on data centres.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Many investment companies coming in here are saying it is not just one or the other, but the Deputy does not worry about foreign direct investment, FDI-----
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----because according to his party's economic model, it would not favour the FDI model.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Fair enough. I get constantly interrupted as well, which is fair enough. I do not have an issue with it. Deputy Bacik referred to climate finance. Our commitment is €225 million by 2025 on a permanent basis. Within that, we allocated €10 million to the global shield. What are now required are concrete proposals and initiatives around climate finance that we can support....
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Who are you a puppet for?
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: We will let people think, reflect and cast their own views on that.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Your record for the past ten years, such as when you guys were neutral when Crimea was invaded, tells me for whom you are useful puppets-----
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----as does your record in respect of what is going on in Ukraine as well.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Yes, you were.
- Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: The point is the European Union governments are the most consistently constructive and proactive on climate change. Deputy Barry and his colleagues can never bring themselves to acknowledge that.