Dáil debates

Wednesday, 21 March 2007

11:00 am

Photo of Bertie AhernBertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is going down big in Europe. The view on this issue is that the proper thing to do in the short term is to move away and effectively ban the traditional light bulb. As in all of these issues there is much scientific knowledge on the effects and people can move into the future with a different form of lighting. The overwhelming evidence is that if we want to save energy — and we can — this is one way of doing it. Certainly the view of the European Council is that we should ban traditional light bulbs. Imposing a tax on light bulbs would not——

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