Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is a trading scheme for their production but my question is on specific levies for specific industries. For example, the question of aviation fuel tax has been raised continually. There is a question about the contribution that needs to be made to the change. It would be unrealistic as well as unfair if we expect that the consumer and every citizen of Ireland in their payments and bills will somehow fund the large-scale transition. Ireland is part of Europe and part of those discussions. It is a reparational issue also, not simply for the future but in terms of the damage done in the past.