Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. Kieran Bristow:

It is not our intent to be picky and to point out all of these issues as if we cannot invest anywhere. As the terms of the implementation of our policy involve very wide definition, however, we feel that there are some very clear and obvious areas in which we will not invest. The wider the definition, the more we have to interpret it and pick out the particular areas in which we can or cannot invest. That was our intent in making that statement.