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

7:40 pm

Photo of Bobby AylwardBobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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We have an old saying that a small feather can break the camel's back. For how long can carbon taxes be raised before the camel’s back is broken? Are we going to continue to raise taxes and leave people behind? That is all I am trying to get across. I am wondering whether there are incentives other than taxes to change habits.