Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I read the chapter and listened carefully today, inside and outside the meeting room, and the message from the Comptroller and Auditor General is that it is difficult to track the net expenditure. There is a recommendation to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and other Accounting Officers. We have little time left regarding climate change, and I tire of the debate on changing behaviour by charging people. I have repeatedly said I have a different model and I have seen it work in practice. We are all tired, and I am almost finished. I would have thought there is a need for an urgent meeting on this. If it is not possible to easily track the expenditure, something needs to be done quickly when there is this report from the Comptroller and Auditor General, which is moderate.