Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)

If the Department could do so, that would be great because it is important. Obviously, competitiveness is to the fore in all our activities but we must ensure we do not reduce regulations. Everybody wants to have less red tape and to streamline things to make it easier for businesses to operate. I would not like to see this space being used as an opportunity by vested interests to unravel the good work being done. I am also mindful of the good companies that are ahead of the curve in what needs to be done to tackle climate change. I feel we could be doing what is currently happening at EU level regarding those vested interests.

While the Department is trying to do really good work with this Bill and address climate change, it could be doing the very opposite of it.