Results 1-20 of 23 for epa speaker:Paul Murphy

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: What action has the Taoiseach taken to implement the all-island rail review? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, transport emissions increased again last year. To reach the legally binding target for transport, they must fall 12% this year and by 12% next year. It is very likely that this simply will not happen and then the cut from 2026 to 2030 will have to be even...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...degree in many other lakes right across this island, North and South. We know it is not a North-only issue. We know it is not an issue that respects any border. We know also from this morning's EPA report that water quality is not getting any better in the South. On some measures, it is getting worse. The quality of water has improved in 187 water bodies but has declined in 232...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...action plan which now has a statutory basis, but it still seems the Government will not take action on the biggest threats to biodiversity. This morning I heard on the radio that the EPA published its latest report on water quality. It shows there has been no improvement. By some measures it is getting worse. Water quality is improving in 187 water bodies and declining in 232...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...foetal abnormalities, cancer, upper respiratory tract issues, eye inflammation and so on. Later, there was an investigation into this involving the Environmental Protection Agency, Teagasc, the Department of agriculture and others. Later on, there was an investigation into this involving the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Teagasc, the Department of agriculture and others. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. I will start with the EPA report and the EU targets, which are relative to 2005 rather than our 2018 targets. The EPA is saying that with the existing measures we would achieve a reduction of 9% by 2030 and with additional measures it would be 25%, down from 30% that was estimated last year. Will the Minister outline the range of fines we are looking at if, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: The EPA report tells us that even with everything the Government is planning to do and with all the additional measures, we will still be miles away from where we need to be legally in the context of our national and EU targets and even further away from where we should be in terms of the science. That is the bottom line. It is a damning indictment not just of the Government in general but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...try to lull people to sleep and pretend that everything is going to be okay, but it is not. We are heading towards an absolute catastrophe and the Minister is not telling the truth to people. The EPA report tells the truth to people. Let me get to my question. The private jets issue reveals the whole thing. Private jets are enormously polluting. The Minister understands it. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: The agriculture share of emissions are due to increase from 39% in 2022 to 44% in 2030, according to the EPA. How can we justify one sector of the economy using almost half of our emissions? Why do big farmers, big agri-business, which is responsible for the guts of this and not small farmers, get to take up half of our carbon emissions or close to that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Waste Management (16 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...be changed and it needs to be changed to provide for public ownership and the re-municipalisation of waste collection throughout the country. The statistics speak for themselves. According to the EPA, the municipal waste generation trend in quantity terms is going in the wrong direction and increasing steadily. Recycling levels have plateaued since 2010, at 41%, well below the EU...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I will start with questions for the EPA. The citizens' assembly report made three recommendations relating to increasing sanctions for polluters of water. Recommendations Nos. 97, 45 and 46 all basically proposed that penalties should be increased and should be linked to the total size of the corporation so that they have a meaningful impact. What is the EPA doing? To what extent is it in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Would the EPA like to see the details of water abstractors published? I understand that in June of last year, the EPA was put under pressure by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine not to publish the list of abstractors. It went to the office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information and the list was published but the details of the 150 farms were not listed. Is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: The EPA claimed that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, "indicated ... that unless the EPA agrees that data on individual farms and farmers is not made public, the department will not share information on farmers and farms with the EPA". That was not accurate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Does the EPA have total figures for data centres and water abstraction? How much water is abstracted by data centres?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: At least some of them are on mains water. I think some are registered as abstractors, but the EPA would only have the figures for abstractors. It would not have the figures for the Irish Water users. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Is that an issue? Should the EPA be recording the data on water usage even if they are not abstracting?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...and Kimmage. For years local people, environmental activists and the Save the Poddle campaign have reported the pollution to South Dublin County Council and to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, but to no avail. The most recent incident was last Friday when an oily substance that looked like bleach turned the river white in Tymon Park and in Bancroft Park. The council knows that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...before the Government then said to the data centres, big tech companies and big agribusiness not to worry because we do not actually intend to meet these targets? As Deputy Smith pointed out, the EPA has indicated how we are miles off target. In the best case scenario, if the Government does the things it has promised to do, we are heading for a less than 30% reduction, rather than a 51%...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can clarify if recent EPA projections of GHG emissions for the next two carbon budget adequately account for the projected overshoot in emission in the budget to 2025; if the subsequent budget for 25-30 reflects a reduced budget as a result of the first budget overshoot; and if he will make a statement on the...