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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...the Deputy does not agree with it. The council spoke of a different range for biogenic methane from what would apply for other greenhouse gases. We have not adopted a position on that, and the long-term strategy is out for consultation and will have to evolve. We have committed to including a 2050 target in the legislation and will doubtless engage in the Chamber on the issue in due course.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...so that individuals' homes and communities will know exactly what they have to do. It requires comprehensive, concrete information. This will feed into how necessary it is to have clarity on the long-term strategy with processes, on the measures and on the timeframes. We know of the need to cut emissions to limit warming to 1.5oC as in the Paris Agreement. A total of 196 states had...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...Ireland's action on climate change in the past year. Despite all the consultations, plans and research papers, it is clear that Ireland is making very limited progress towards meeting its current long-term national policy position. Policy positions and expensive consultant contracts do not bring down emissions, but action does. The 2014 national policy position set the target of 80%...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Pat Gallagher: How long will Deputy Jack Chambers need?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Pat Gallagher: That is 15 minutes in total. How long will Deputy Sherlock need?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Pat Gallagher: That is ten minutes in total and 25 minutes overall. Does Deputy Bríd Smith have any idea of how long she will take?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Pat Gallagher: That is a total of 35 minutes, and time for the Green Party brings the total to 45 minutes. How long will Deputy Pringle need?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: ...it differs substantially from the report of the climate action committee. It ignores timelines and deadlines which Fine Gael committed to in that committee. It is littered with reviews and consultations, along with the words “would”, “could” and “maybe”. The point is that the longer we postpone climate action, the more expensive the transition...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...500,000 people switch to public transport or active transport but also in moving towards having electric vehicles become a major feature of our fleet by the end of the next decade. It is a matter of no longer having combustion engines newly registered at the end of that decade. We have built out this year, doubling the supports for public chargers. We continue to support grants for...