Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I come back to my question on the real reason the departmental officials are here. The debate on the budget for 2020 focused on where the small additional amount of the carbon tax we collect next year over this year will be spent. Ring-fencing can mean anything or nothing from a legal point of view. Can Mr. Carroll guarantee today that the amount collected in carbon tax next year will be spent on climate change initiatives? We can only talk about the increase.