Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Mr. Tom Donnellan:

That is a very good question. I joined the company six months ago and there were two schools of thought: one, we can stay in it forever or as long as we can and the other is that we need to get out of it. We have made a decision as a management team over the past six months to get out of it. That is the right thing to do. We are not climate change deniers, we are not trying to turn back the tide. I am not trying to give a convoluted answer. The impact of getting out of it without an alternative will be devastating to the communities and the employees, especially the communities because Bord na Móna and the communities are the one thing in the midlands.

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