An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-12
============================================================

Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I thank the Deputy. I think he is mistaken, or perhaps whichever NGOs are briefing him are mistaken, as we have called for a phase-down, followed by a phase-out, of all unabated fossil fuels. That is the position of the Irish Government and indeed of the European Union, which the Minister, Deputy Ryan, is advancing in Dubai as we speak. We would have to look at any treaty. I have not seen this treaty. I have been lobbied about it, but nobody has produced to me a copy of this treaty. Generally, when it comes to any treaty, we would expect to be involved in the negotiations of it. It is not good practice to hand a treaty to somebody and ask them if they will sign it. They are supposed to be included in the negotiations first, at the very least.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2023-12-12/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:52:31+00:00
Sitting date: 2023-12-12