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lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with India (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-06-19--2009-07-13)3
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Fine Gael Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:spokenAs	member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I am touched by the words ‘smart’ and ‘intelligent’, which are very much part of this debate, because the solutions we try and use in our house to reduce energy consumption are certainly not working and they are neither smart nor very intelligent. Telling children to turn things off is just not the solution. I wish it were, as it would mean that I was in control. So we do need all of the things that others have spoken about: sensors and other technological advancements that will make everybody’s life easier in terms of achieving our energy efficiency objectives. Tonight’s debate is a massive one: it is about our climate change agenda, security of supply, solidarity between Member States and also economic growth – and that is an issue for us at the moment – and how we can achieve a better use of our energy resources. The country I come from, Ireland, relies on oil for almost 60% of our energy needs and it is all imported. So, clearly, we have a particular problem. We need to reduce that dependency, we need to develop our indigenous resources and, as I have already mentioned, improve our efficiency. Clearly, the issue of interconnection between Member States is crucial particularly for countries on the periphery. Ireland’s dependency is extremely high: 91% of our needs are imported. That is quite a staggering percentage, and while we have not experienced the gas problems that other colleagues have spoken about, or the cold and the horror that caused for other Member States, we did learn, from watching that, how critical it is that we do something about our energy mix and our energy insecurity. So, all of the issues that are part of this report and the oral question are extremely important for us. In particular the issue of land use needs to be addressed. The Swedish experience of forestries is interesting from the perspective of Ireland, where we have not developed our forestry sector. But this is a key issue: getting the balance right between food production and fuel production."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Mairead McGuinness (PPE-DE ). -"1
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dcterms:Date	"2009-02-02"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20090202.16.1-153"2
lpv:speaker	lp:Mairead McGUINNESS2

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