@EPAIreland Hi, can you explain how emissions reductions are tracked and measured? Ireland could receive €27bn in fines. How are emission reductions measured?
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@FineGael What major infrastructure would you ensure is completed in the next 20years? billion euro projects and larger in a list please, party with the best list gets my vote.
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@fiannafailparty What major infrastructure would you ensure is completed in the next 20years? billion euro projects and larger in a list please, party with the best list gets my vote.
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@Starlink is it possible phones with 5g could send/ receive basic data via Starlink, in a SOS / survival situation?
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@smytho I see there is a new scheme to collect plastic bottles. What happens these plastic bottles? What percentage of the plastic will be recycled? I believe there is a global problem with recycling plastic. Is there a contract with a recycling facility?
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Someone should make a movie like Starship Troopers but with Tide Pods as the weapon against the alien insects
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#QandA when your panellists say pandemics are a 1 in 100 year event, they are not considering trains and airtravel, during the Spanish flu how long did it take to travel from a rural area to a capital city on a different continent?
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@benoshea thanks for the article on the Perth Mint and WSB going after silver. I can't find any reference to the Perth Mint on WSB's reddit pages, could you point me to where this information was sourced?
@LeoVaradkar @MichealMartinTD Lockdowns are equivalent to the brakes on a car, contact tracing is the equivalent to a handbrake. The handbrake works best when you have come to a halt or at very low speed.
@newschambers Did the airlines have an 'Anglo' meeting with the government to keep unnecessary flights operating? @LeoVaradkar @MichealMartinTD
@HMcEntee does Ireland have the ability to declare a 'State of Emergency' or 'State of Disaster'. It seems to take too long for legislation to be passed in a crisis. What future mechanisms can be used to help the country get legislation passed quickly to avoid catastrophe?
@ABCaustralia can you correct your story abc.net.au/news/2021-01-12/g… it is incorrect to say "COVID-19 in first known cases among great apes" humans are great apes. There error is in the headline and story.
@LeoVaradkar @MichealMartinTD if Ireland had zero covid cases today, would an effective border testing and quarantine policy be implemented?
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