Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion
Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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If we want to work towards that - I will be very honest here - this Bill proposed by the Deputy, as a stand-alone Bill, will do nothing to change our carbon emissions. We need to stand together and ensure we bring forward measures to meet our targets in a managed, strategic way, while at the same time that we do not leave people without light, heat or jobs. We have to balance it in a way that we reach the targets while at the same time, transition in a fair way. That is what we need to do.