Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

It is stated in the yellow paragraph towards the end:

The Minister for Finance should set out a carbon price trajectory that rises to €80 per tonne per year and this should only be implemented when an evidence-based plan is in place to increase supports.

It refers to this happening when the plan is in place, not when the increased supports and incentives are in place. That is very smart, but I do not swallow it. I hope that nobody in the Gallery or among the public swallows it either. It is the one measure that the committee will be renowned for. The message is we should not think of touching the global corporations or about free public transport; one would be nuts to think about it; we should not think of increasing the amount we spend on public transport; we should not go near agri-business or Larry Goodman or Glanbia, but we should go after every man, woman and child in the country and put more tax on them. That is what Deputy Dooley is doing.