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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree with the EPA projection that we are on track to miss our first two carbon budget targets, even with additional measures, by between 17% and 27%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: With regard to the 6.8% reductions, what percentage of that is down to the recalculations of historical greenhouse gas inventories?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I will come back to that point. To clarify, the Minister is saying the recalculations had a negative effect. Without those recalculations, and with the current policies being implemented, our greenhouse gases emissions would have fallen by more than the figure of 6.5% or 6.8% that is contained in the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: In the context of these historical emissions, the EPA report states that these revisions together have reduced the agricultural sector emissions by, on average, 1.4 Mt of carbon dioxide per annum for the years from 2018 to 2023 or, in total, by approximately 8.5 Mt over the six-year period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Maybe I am missing something here. The EPA is saying it recalculated how it looked at historical emissions. As I understand it, that is included in the reduction in carbon emissions. The Minister is saying that is true, presumably.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: He is not contesting that. There are other revisions, however, that are not mentioned in this report but which effectively counteract that and more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Why are these historical revisions not mentioned in the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: In this EPA report. It includes the point about the revisions in agriculture and says it amounts to a certain number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I may have missed it. In any event, the Minister is saying on the record that none of the emissions reductions are down to the historical revisions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I am not referring to land use on its own but, rather, as an entirety, the Minister is saying these historical-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: It had no part in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Some of the reductions in the agriculture sector were because of these historical revisions. It is in the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: While I do not want to get bogged down in this, which is, obviously, technical, there is a difference between the Minister saying none of this is down to historical revisions and Mr. Kierans saying the reductions are substantially down to emissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: He did. He can check the transcript. Does Mr. Kierans agree with the Minister that none of the 6.8% is down to the historical revisions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Okay. To go back to the LULUCF, the Minister mentioned it is not appropriate to treat this area like we treat other sectors in terms of sectorial targets. However, it is in the climate Act that we need to have a sectorial emission target for LULUCF. We do not have that. The Minister is now saying he has a changed approach. Is that going to result in an amendment to the climate Act? Will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister have any concerns about the strategy of attracting as many data centres as we can? We keep adding more and more of them to the grid. They are now accounting for 20% of our total electricity consumption. They are heading for 30% by 2030. Does the Minister have any concerns about that strategy in the context of the explosion of AI? It was not really part of the discussion...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is legal for insurance companies to refuse a person a policy based on a previous criminal record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37126/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the purchase of designated medical property with South Dublin County Council, if he will confirm whether properties with minor adaptations (such as a downstairs bathroom and removable handrails) are considered specially adapted houses that cannot be purchased by disabled individuals or their families under current...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the purchase of designated medical property with South Dublin County Council, if properties with minor adaptations are indeed ineligible for purchase; and the reason the disabled persons grant application form states that the cost of adaptation works will be added to the cost of the house in the event of a future...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the purchase of designated medical property with South Dublin County Council, under which scheme a family is allowed to purchase a designated medical property, and what the timeframe is before they can apply to do so. [37122/24]