Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

COP27: Discussion

Mr. Simon Murtagh:

On the issue of fossil fuel subsidies, we would, along with other NGOs, make the distinction of harmful subsidies. We always have done. The traditional distinction is between subsidies on consumption and production, as the Deputy knows. A heating allowance could be seen as a fossil fuel subsidy.