Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I am amazed by the response of the Government, the Minister and the Minister of State. They now cite European Union legislation as a means for not responding to what could become a national crisis. Instead of doing something about it with the power in their own hands, they decide to embark on a campaign of carbon trading, which will cost the Exchequer billions of euro before we are finished if the Government continues as it is doing while doing nothing about global warming or the question of the carbon footprint.

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