Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I agree that this is an important matter. There should be a full and open debate on it in the House. If the Government had pursued a different policy over the past five or six years it would not be necessary to resort to carbon trading, which does nothing at all for the environment. It merely shows up a lack of action on the part of the Government, which did not act sufficiently on alternative energy over the past five years. I would agree entirely with the call for a full debate in the House on this important matter now.

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