Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion
Mr. Brian Carroll:
I certainly hear the views that are being expressed by the unions here today and last week. The funds and the just transition commissioner have just been put in place and the terms of reference have just been agreed. The commissioner has clear and comprehensive terms of reference. He has not yet had a chance to go about doing his job. He will report quarterly to Government and the arrangement is to be reviewed after two years. It is hard to see how one can make an argument that a structure does not work when the structure has just been established and has not had a chance to operate as described in the terms of reference.