Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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For example, Bord na Móna has spoken about creating wetlands, with cut-out bogs, as part of its climate mitigation plan and the carbon sequestration process. If it requires investment for that transitional purpose and provided it was not allowing it to continue pumping money into other schemes, we should be able to come up with amendments, if required, to provide for these developments.

On Second Stage it was said the definition of "fossil fuel enterprise" would mean people would not be able to put diesel into their tractors. That is the farcical end. We can arrive at amendments that would facilitate that process. It is important that the ESB and Bord na Móna move towards divestment. We should be able to facilitate them in that regard.