Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Farrell for sharing time with me. This climate plan is hugely ambitious and it needs to be. It is a real challenge for every Deputy, every person living in Ireland and everybody who lives on the planet. Climate action is a massive challenge. It is such a big challenge for us in this Chamber because we have done very little about it for 20 years. People have spoken about it and people have been outraged about it but Members have done very little over the past 20 years to address climate change. That includes Government and Opposition. I note Deputy Boyd Barrett is shaking his head. I have not seen him do anything on climate action.

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