Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Carbon Tax: Discussion

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Kenny is missing my point. While what he has said may well be the case, no one knows how much the Minister will increase the carbon tax by or how much revenue it will raise. We can already do the type of thing that Mr. Kenny mentioned through general taxation if a Government wants to do it. Mr. Kenny stating that if we raise enough money through the carbon tax, we can put in place mitigating measures at some point in the future and people may have alternatives then. At this point, though, they do not.

Perhaps the other Department can address my second example. I live in a rural village. There is no bus running through it. How can someone living in rural Ireland offset the cost of the increase in petrol or diesel or change his or her behaviour?

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