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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Will he commit to publishing it or give us a reason for refusing to publish it? Will we be here again in seven months or seven years demanding answers from a Government that is still not publishing it? There is a perception, of which I think the Minister is aware, that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been turning a blind eye to some of the most egregious crimes against humanity. I...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: -----these arms to travel through our airspace, that is, the same arms that are systematically targeting children.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: I have raised this issue before. As the Minister has said this evening and on the previous occasion, under Irish air navigation law, the carriage of munitions is prohibited on any civil aircraft and failure to comply carries up to three years' imprisonment. The operators of these flights seem to think the Government has zero intention of upholding the law, unlike the Belgian Government,...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak on the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025, which deals with the EPA licensing system. Like many other systems, it is facing many problems, not least the long delays for many applicants. This poses a threat to the protection of the environment and erects barriers to the delivery of critical infrastructure. Sinn Féin is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: I have a few questions arising from what was said. They are for Mr. Fox regarding his opening statement. He said there were investigations into allegations of illegal land spreading upstream, suspicious activities near Roskeen Bridge and illegal waste disposal. Are any prosecutions arising out of those three incidents?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: No prosecutions will arise from them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Again regarding the investigation, are any studies under way, such as sediment sampling or macro invertebrate surveys? Are any other investigations like that going on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Is it anticipated that any of these proposed further works would assist in any investigation under way into this fish kill?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Mr. Fox mentioned the possibility of an emergency response team. Have there been any meetings this month about revising or preparing emergency response protocols to enhance early detection systems? Mr. Fox said that he wanted to do it in the future. Has he started?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Not specifically to enhance the procedures. Okay. On the prosecutions, the District Court is for minor offences. Mr. Fox said that the lower courts undermine the effectiveness of enforcement efforts. Is it that people are not afraid of the penalties that are in the District Court?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: The few regular offenders are dismissive of having to go to the District Court.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: On the regular offenders that have been prosecuted more than one time, is Mr. Fox happy that they have licences are allowed to dump into the river, in effect? Is he happy about the amounts that they are by law allowed to discharge into the river are low enough?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Okay. Is Dr. Ryan happy with that? He mentioned some Circuit Court prosecutions also. How many Circuit Court prosecutions has the EPA established in the past few years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: The levels that are allowed to be discharged and if the EPA is happy with them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: I am short of time. Is the EPA happy that the amounts are appropriate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Okay. Going back to Mr. Fox, he said the penalties are not taken as seriously as they should be. What does he think they should be increased to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: What are you asking him for?