Batt O'Keeffe (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The Minister, Deputy Roche, spoke about some of the achievements in Ireland's climate change policies and some of the areas that have potential for the future. This is the Government's approach. It is a sensible approach grounded in the economic realities and constraints that Ireland faces.

There is nothing in this Bill that makes me or the Government confident that its proposers are aware of its economic implications and the dangers it would present for Irish industry. It is strange that the Green Party Members may well believe everybody in the country should cycle to work and have their overcoats on in the living room. If that is the policy Fine Gael and Labour are now espousing——

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