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Prohibition of Fossil Fuel Advertising Bill 2024: First Stage (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...gas emissions and the vast majority of that comes from private, fossil-fuelled cars. Fossil fuels in this Bill are defined as light oil, heavy oil, liquefied petroleum gas, vehicle gas, coal, peat or peat briquettes. Fossil-fuelled vehicles mean light motor vehicles, heavy motor vehicles, motorcycles and aircraft fuelled by fossil fuels and flights, which are a major contributor to...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...case the Minister of State will correct me, the proposed amendment does not deal with the main problem, which is that there is potential for the dedesignation of a large number of NHAs and allowing peat mining to take place. There is explicit reference in respect of dedesignation to national, regional and local economic needs. This means economic needs could be a reason to abandon our...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...change and eco-socialist policies that put people's needs and our planet first. The science is crystal clear: Ireland bogs are the richest in Europe, and bogs are incredibly good carbon sinks. Peatlands cover 3% of the world's surface but store 40% of all carbon in the soil. They store twice as much carbon as all the forests in the world. They are a treasure trove of biodiversity in...

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: ...key driver behind this rising demand is the huge electricity appetite of the country’s data centres, estimated to rise to 29% of total demand by 2028, coupled with the ongoing closure of coal, peat and gas plants, which are pressuring reserve margins and could push prices higher. Here we are with energy prices going through the roof. The international context is also driving...

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: ...of the negative feedback loops we can see is the fires at the Arctic Circle, which are bigger than ever. In this season, there have been 35% more carbon emissions because there is a huge amount of peat under the ice, which perhaps has been burning for weeks or months, the ice melts and these explosive wildfires take place resulting in a huge amount of carbon emissions. The science is...

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: ...an incredibly simple issue. We need a rapid, just transition to a net zero carbon economy by 2030, which means moving away rapidly from fossil fuels. It means the use of finite resources such as peat for energy supply must stop immediately. It is incredibly costly to our livable planet to continue to use them. We have to do this in a just way. A just transition means no worker loses...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: ...they be agribusiness or fossil fuels. They ignore the severity of the problem and pay lipservice to it while we hurtle towards a climate disaster. The most simple point that we must reiterate repeatedly in this debate, because it is unanswerable, is that the known fossil fuel reserves are already four or five times the amount that can be burned without increasing the global temperature...