Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I stand by my comments at the COP27 meeting, which were backed up and supported by the Vice President of the European Commission and a number of European ministers. We agreed in unison that this was the right approach and that sectors like aviation, shipping and the fossil fuel industry will need to make a contribution to some of the funds we will require to address the climate damage already occurring. I believe this was the right approach. It is set at €1 per ticket, which I do not believe will materially damage our connectivity as an island but, when applied globally, would lead to €4.5 billion going into the loss and damage fund annually. This was the right thing to propose. Europe as a whole proposed it. I expect it will be brought up in the ongoing negotiations and could well, and I hope will, be introduced.