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Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: What I would like from the Rural Independent Group Members and from others as well is an acknowledgement that climate change is a fact, that it is coming towards us like a train and we must react to it and that the public and the people the group's Deputies represent in counties Kerry, Tipperary, Cork and Offaly know that as well and are working towards it. The other issue is Putin. This...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: -----says more about them than it does about us. Colleagues have raised genuine issues about energy security and there is no doubt about that. We have work to do on that and we have been doing a huge amount of work. On the crisis, Deputy Whitmore asked for clear messaging on the issue of what the Government is doing versus the caps Sinn Féin proposes. Its proposed cap essentially...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: -----and in the face of, effectively, a mad tyrant in Russia causing a war, there should be unity around the place. We should take good ideas from the Opposition, which we are doing, and Opposition Deputies should also give some acknowledgment of the work under way, which is extraordinary work by all governments in the face of this crisis, and work with us to get the best results for the...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: I challenge any Sinn Féin Deputy to explain decoupling to the public without a script in front of them. I will go on the radio with any of them.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: They are all reading script. They do not know what it is they are reading.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: We will not let them.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: At least the Deputy mentioned Putin.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: What? This is too much.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta Connolly as an ábhar tábhachtach seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Tá brón orm go bhfuil an ráiteas a thug an Roinn dom as Béarla agus nach bhfuil aon ráiteas trí Ghaeilge agam. Is féidir liom an Ghaeilge a labhairt ach ba mhaith liom a bheith soiléir agus beacht leis...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: Tá mise ag labhairt ar son an Rialtais agus tá dualgas ar Uisce Éireann cumarsáid agus teagmháil a dhéanamh leis an bpobal sna ceantair go léir. Tá dualgas air i bhfad níos mó eolais a thabhairt don phobal, do Theachtaí Dála agus do chomhlairleoirí contae sa cheantar freisin. Iarrfaidh mé ar Uisce Éireann é sin...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Teachtaí Crowe agus Carey. On behalf of the Government, I welcome the report to which the Deputies have referred, Towards an Anti-Poverty Strategy for Clare, which was published by the Clare PPN. Indeed, I welcome the representatives of the network who are here today. We know that the voice of lived experience is essential for good policy and good...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: I will certainly pass the constructive suggestions and ideas that have been put forward by Deputies Crowe and Carey to the Minister. It is the case in Ireland that social protection budgets over the past number of years have prioritised the introduction of measures that have had and will continue to have a direct and positive impact on poverty in the entire country, and including those who...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: That issue was not raised at the European Council. The Minister for Defence is the person who might wish to comment on it, but it is common practice for ships to stop at ports along the way. The Canadian ships are not on their way to war.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: In that particular case.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: We are well able to protect ourselves because we do not support the change to qualified majority voting.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: It will need every country to support it, which means it is not likely to happen. Regarding the veto, we are fully aligned in this country with EU foreign policy. There are countries that have unnecessarily held up some important foreign policy statements by way of the veto. We have seen it used in regard to the accession of North Macedonia in a way that is not good for anybody, including...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: Reopening the embassy in Ukraine is something we want to do. It was only officially opened less than a year ago and it was a very important step for Ireland to do so. Its reopening is being actively planned at the moment but it requires a significant number of security considerations and consideration for the welfare of staff, how it operates and so on. It is something the Department is...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: All I can say is there is a huge amount of work going on between the UN Secretary General and Turkey on this issue. That is key. The foundation of the problem is Russia doing what it is doing, including destroying ports. We need to keep reminding people of that. It requires a united response, which we have seen, by and large, in this House as to who is the real cause of all of this,...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: The current situation is a timely reminder of the Common Agricultural Policy and its purpose. It is there to maintain food security as best we can. It was developed in the aftermath of the Second World War when there was food insecurity of a worse scale than there is now across the Continent. What is happening at the moment is potentially very dangerous. The Minister for Agriculture,...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Byrne: I am confident the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, is doing everything in his power in this regard. I know he would be more than happy to answer that question because he is the one doing the work in this area.