Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The section provides for the winding down of the carbon levy, which was introduced to offset some of the gains large utilities generated under the European ETS and the grandfathering of carbon permits. There was a Supreme Court decision on this four years ago. Why did the Minister not delete the entire original section? Is it because other levies may be imposed? Did the original section only relate to the introduction of the carbon levy or could other levies be imposed? Is it dead in the water?