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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Imports (15 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: This has been a long, drawn-out process, because it is important to get it right. The original study started in 2021. We approached SEPA, a consultancy company which did a lot of detailed analysis to the end of this decade. Furthermore, when we had agreed our energy security paper, we commissioned GNI to look at various options such as onshore, offshore, gas caverns and so on. They came...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Grid (15 Oct 2024)

Natural Gas Grid

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Grid (15 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reverse his support for liquefied natural gas infrastructure in Ireland, in light of evidence that it is more polluting than coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41621/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Grid (15 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: My question is on the same topic. I do not know if the Minister just takes everybody for a fool. Does he really expect people to believe that after the Government brings in amendments to designate LNG terminals as strategic infrastructure, which gets to bypass the normal planning process, it is a technical thing? This is in the context of many of the Green Party's coalition partners being...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Grid (15 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: There is no game here and nobody is being taken for a fool. Not only am I not naive, I have a record going back 30 years of absolute commitment to climate action in our country, particularly in the area of keeping fossil fuels in the ground. For decades, we have campaigned and worked in that area and nothing has changed in that regard. The Government position has not changed. The Deputy...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I put it to the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, that we really need to see that one-stop shop. It needs to get beyond words. We know what the huge issues are when we are talking about carers or those with disabilities and their wider families. We need to make sure there is a proper framework around them. I welcome to the Public Gallery Alexandra Jedrzejewska from All Abilities...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Pauline Tully: I welcome everybody in the Public Gallery and the disability activists who have joined us this evening for the two-hour debate. I also thank all colleagues who spoke in favour of this motion. I feel a little bit insulted by Deputy Sean Sherlock's suggestion that some of my colleagues who made short speeches did so only for social media. I would like him to know that every one of them would...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That motion is agreed. Congratulations to all involved.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (15 Oct 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Imports (15 Oct 2024)

Natural Gas Imports

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Imports (15 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government's position on liquefied natural gas, LNG; if the Government's position has changed from the position outlined in the programme for Government that the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas and that "we do not believe that it make sense to develop LNG gas import terminals importing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Imports (15 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to ask the Minister what the Government's position on LNG is and whether the position has changed from the position outlined in the programme for Government that the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas and that "we do not believe that it make sense to develop LNG gas import terminals importing fracked gas." What are the implications the development of an LNG...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Natural Gas Imports (15 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government's policy has not changed. As set out in the Government's policy statement on the importation of fracked gas, the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas. Ireland is committed to halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and being carbon neutral by 2050. In future most of our energy needs will be met by renewable energy, which will be the anchor of our...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister of State. To conclude, I call Deputy Buckley to speak and he is sharing with Deputies Ó Murchú and Tully.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: I first thank Deputy Tully for bringing this motion forward and I am glad the Government is not opposing it. I have listened to the whole debate. The first thing that comes to mind to me is the workforce planning. Without any workforce planning, nothing happens. Even in Sinn Féin's housing strategy, we had 10% of all social housing to be specifically designed for people with...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I ask the Minister of State to bear with me as I try to do this very fast. Out of desperation for progress, I commend the decision of acceding to the optional protocol. I commend Clare Leader Forum and the many groups and individuals in County Clare who continue to highlight the necessity of the ratification. However, I am still nervous about the timing and need clarification. I read that...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Tully for tabling this motion this evening. I welcome the advocacy groups in the Gallery. I wish I had half an hour to answer everything but I have ten minutes. I will try to keep to the script but I will answer other pieces to the issue as well. As the Minister of State with responsibility for disability, I am fully committed to the continuous advancement of rights and the...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion regarding disability services. I thank the Sinn Féin party for tabling it. According to the most recent census, 22% of our population are living with a disability. Despite this, disabled people are too often left behind and not given adequate access to the services they need. I support this motion, particularly its call on the...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Here we go again. Since I was elected in 2016 I do not know how many times I have talked on these budgets and on these motions. Tonight we say we have been talking for a few years. Actually we have been talking for a very long time. The disability capacity review is a good place to start. The Minister of State did one of the introductions on that, along with the senior Minister and the...