Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion

8:50 pm

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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What is the balance in Ireland at a macro level in terms of buildings, what is used and environmentally positive measures? I refer to making it cheaper to buy diesel, for example, which is more damaging, raising money, understandably, for other social and economic reasons. I wish to look at the issue solely from the point of view of the environment in order that we look at where some of the taxes are collected, encouraging people to continue to increase their CO2 emissions.