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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Paul Murphy: Yes. I thank the witnesses for their presentations and their work. I also mention the presence of representatives from Friends of the Earth, who similarly have obviously been doing a lot of work on this. They have not been invited due to an oversight which we attempted to resolve earlier but were unable to due to various rules about privilege. Hopefully we will not make that mistake in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Paul Murphy: Could our guests give their opinions on the idea of a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty? We are seeing the real structural limitations of the COP process, although that does not mean we should throw it in the bin, particularly as it is global in nature. Effectively, the slowest moving and most powerful countries in the world, which are beholden to fossil fuel interests, are able to stop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Paul Murphy: To focus on the climate finance question, what are the obstacles and the forces behind those obstacles to the sort of agreement and ambition that our guests are arguing are necessary? I agree with what they have said.

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Question put.

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the next weekly division time on Wednesday, 6 November 2024.

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 5.27 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 5 Samhain 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 5.27 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 November 2024.

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: Are there no other speakers? It is that time of the evening and that time of the cycle. Only a few of us brave souls are left.

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: It is the graveyard shift.

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank Deputy Browne. I thank Deputy Tóibín for introducing the Bill and provoking the debate. He has attempted to address a significant issue. I have given reasons, which I will recap, as to why the Government is not in a position to support the Bill but, notwithstanding that, I commend the Deputy on his initiative in bringing it forward. I listened with interest to Deputy...

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is missing two massive points. First, it is missing the point that the market is already distorted. I have a degree in economics. Anybody who analyses the food market in this country will tell you that it is, by definition, a distorted market. It is not unusual for the Government to preside over distorted markets. Much of the economy, such as the insurance industry,...

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I appreciate the introduction of this Bill. For too long, our farmers have had to navigate a marketplace that is not designed with their needs in mind, while at the same time having to comply with measures that are outdated and schemes designed and rolled out by the Department in a manner that can, at best, be described as inefficient. Farmers are workers too. They are involved in one...

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank Deputy Tóibín for bringing this Bill forward and for his passionate contribution to the debate. I have listened with interest to his setting out of his stall and I have taken careful note of what he has said. We can all agree that farmers should receive a fair and equitable price for their produce. The programme for Government recognises the economic and social role of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coastal Protection (24 Oct 2024)

Thomas Pringle: The crux of the problem is that Donegal County Council says that if it does this work that is funded by the OPW, it will have to maintain it in the future and the responsibility will be on it to do that. It says it will not do that for private property, as private land is affected too. There is a public walkway across the land, which has been concreted by the council to facilitate the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coastal Protection (24 Oct 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that because it is on private land?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coastal Protection (24 Oct 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Yes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coastal Protection (24 Oct 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: What if it was on public land?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coastal Protection (24 Oct 2024)

Thomas Pringle: If it was on public land, I think that would not be a problem. The council claims that because it is on private land, the issue it has is that it would then be stuck with it. I do not know if that means it could in future apply to the OPW for additional funding if works were needed. From what the engineers say to us and the landowners, they are not going to take ongoing responsibility for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coastal Protection (24 Oct 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The commencement and progression of the minor works scheme at Inver, County Donegal, for which funding has been approved, is a matter for Donegal County Council. The money has been approved. I will ask the OPW officials to engage with Donegal County Council to see if there is any misunderstanding. The Government is developing a whole-of-government approach to the challenge of coastal...

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Farming in this country is in crisis at the moment. I do not make that statement lightly. The recent report by Teagasc confirms that farm income levels have fallen across the State in the Past year. Dairy incomes averaged €49,000 last year, which was a decrease of an incredible 69% compared with 2022. Tillage farm income fell...