Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Do we have to accept that fairness is not the most important thing? I think Oisín Coghlan said last year we are beyond the question of fairness. First, we do not live in a fair society anyway. We are privileged in Ireland compared with those most impacted by climate change. Fairness went out the window a long time ago. If we were to be fair about it, we would have much more ambitious targets. Then we are back to the question of how to achieve even more stringent targets. It is a very challenging idea that fairness might not be a fundamental pillar of the way forward.