David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Carroll has made my point for me. It should have been established a long time ago. We are now asking these hard questions. It is our job to put those questions to officials and to deal with this because the preparations were not made and the strategies were not put in place earlier. It is not good enough to put it back on us and say that we cannot judge the Department on what is not in place. The Department did not put it in place. Everybody around this table knew that there would have to be a just transition element in what was needed to reduce our dependence on carbon.

Everybody knew that for years so it is not good enough simply to say that it is not up and running. That is the point; it is not up and running. That is on the Department.