Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Réada CroninRéada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the two witnesses for assisting us with the Bill. My first question is for Dr. Muinzer. I am interested in his mention of sanctions. Without a just transition being mentioned in the Bill, we do not want people to think sanctions will be placed on them. The sanctions should be on the Government. Will Dr. Muinzer speak a little about that please?

It feels as if we are in the territory of optics and aspiration over action and achievement. Will Mr. Church give us three actions that we could seek to achieve in order to match optics and aspiration with action and achievement? It is really important that the Bill lives up to its remit but the language is very vague.

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