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

It will happen through the work we are doing in the appointment of a just transition commissioner whose first priority will be the communities to which the Deputy is referring. It will happen through the local structures being put in place. It will happen through the local authorities and local communities. It will happen as a result of the fact that we have funding that will be used to try to lever private sector investment in local economies. The funding to which we are referring will have a larger effect than relatively minor changes we could make to the tax code for which the Deputy is looking and which I cannot make under state aid rules. To answer the Deputy's question about how we can do it in a different way, it is will happen through the agencies, the just transition commissioner, the LEOs and making use of the money that will be provided from the proceeds raised in having a higher level of carbon pricing.