Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion
12:40 pm
Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I suggest that the Bill be allowed to progress on the basis that it will be substantially amended on Committee Stage. It is very simple. The proposed amendments would stop the Bill in its tracks. I am taking at face value the statements of the Minister of State and the Government regarding their wish to accelerate the pace at which we adopt renewable energy. I accept that. However, that process needs to be accelerated and brought on further. I suggest that we allow the Bill-----
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