Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I have just come out of Cabinet where we have agreed a further measure to reduce the emissions in our cement sector. That is one example. To take the point the Deputy mentioned that we have not lived up to what we committed to in terms of increasing petrol and diesel prices, which I understand is referred to by the EPA, I explicitly said in every single Chamber, in this committee and elsewhere, that would not be the approach we would take. Yes, it is one of the long-term options-----
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