Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
That is quite serious legislation that was not covered. When we come to the conclusion of this committee, the big debate is going to be around carbon tax. I will probably be in a minority opposing it, but that does not mean that the people are not opposed to it. That should be reflected. We had the same problem in Parliament with water charges. There was hardly anyone in the Parliament against it, but the people were against it. We saw the same in France with carbon tax. I note that RTÉ's guidelines state that it must cover minority views. That is a very important one.
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