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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...way as to make him, her or it identifiable. I advise that any submission or opening statement made to the committee will be published on its website after the meeting. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

...is no need to tell members that the world is not on course to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and that Ireland is not on course to achieve either its climate commitments under EU legislation or its longer-term targets. The reason for this is an excess of fossil fuels in energy systems. With acknowledgements to my fellow witness, I will show a slide with some data taken from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

...coal and oil. Gas produces about half the emissions as coal in combustion. Slide 14 shows that where we replace the IEA's projected coal use in 2040 by gas it halves the emissions, but leads to the world being a long way off what is needed to achieve the Paris goals. At this stage of the climate problem we are no longer in the position of having to reduce emissions a little compared to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

..., like wind and solar which fluctuate significantly, may undermine our competitiveness and our security. Across the electricity generation, built environment and transport sectors, Ireland has a long-term commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by at least 80% by 2050 compared with 1990 levels. The 2015 White Paper on Energy, Ireland's Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

...gas emissions in Ireland with the remainder mostly in agriculture. Since Corrib gas has come online, Ireland's reliance on imports reduced to 69% of total energy requirement. This is an improvement on the longer-term average of approximately 90% import dependence. We import all of our oil, and in the next few years as Corrib gas depletes, our reliance on imported gas will return to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

...budget flowing from Paris. Its conclusions about the substantial use of fossil fuels beyond 2035 not being consistent with the commitment are strong. I agree with that, and we are not discussing long-term substantial use. In everything we are saying, the UCC scenarios that are relevant for Ireland and all of the long-term trajectories, gas reduces to a low proportion of demand. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

..., coal is a much more polluting fossil fuel than gas. The question is whether the world can get to a point where coal is left in the ground but gas, as the cleanest fossil fuel, is used in this long-term path.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

..., as well. We need to be able to balance the effect of all the impacts on the end users as well. The issue of lock-in was described. The lock-in is being talked about in terms of how long it takes a project to come on stream. We are all aware how long the Corrib field took to come on stream. At the same time, other natural gas projects have come on stream in Ireland, such as Seven...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: .... As it has been on many other issues such as same sex marriage, Ireland can be a leader, instead of a laggard, as the Taoiseach said. I appeal to him, the Department and all of the parties to think long and hard about that because we are running out of time. What nature and physics are telling us cannot be denied. We will not have a second chance or a second bite at the cherry.