Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

The Green Party opposes the guillotining of Second Stage of the Carbon Fund Bill. The Government's approach to dealing with climate change is focused on buying our way out of the problem. The debate needs to continue to determine how Ireland will manage when the period covered by the Kyoto Agreement elapses. The Bill only deals with approximately half of the amount required to buy carbon credits. The debate must continue because we are not out of the woods on this issue by a long shot.

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