Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Generally, we need to look at the subsidies and the value for money. Some of it may come up in the context of this morning's discussion on green bonds. We all know we need to change over and there are costs in terms of potential fines for polluting where carbon is emitted. At the same time we need to ensure we get value for money for the clean energy that will replace it. I am not sure whether it should be done by this committee or the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment. We should not just gloss over it. There is the potential for a large amount of money being spent and then us doing a review after the fact rather than looking at it based on where we are at the moment.