Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That point is fair. Other parts of the economy need to play their part and this is why the all-economy plan that the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is putting together will be important because all parts of our economy have to play a role. I agree with the Deputy on that. No Government on its own will be able to respond to the significant challenge of climate change but it is the responsibility of Government to take leadership on this. Under Ireland 2040, our investment in public transport and in renewable energy, are part but not all of it. In the debate on carbon taxation that I sense is approaching perhaps the Deputy could give me examples of economies that have done well in reducing emissions without using carbon tax as part of how they did that.