Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

I do not think Government policy should be to give public money to huge energy users. We should not be encouraging the extra use of energy which makes it more difficult for us to meet our climate targets. If energy usage keeps expanding - these users are the drivers of the increase in energy usage - we will never be able to transition to 100% renewable energy. That is why, as a matter of policy, the Government should not be giving public money to huge corporations.