Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

The polluter, if the Deputy is honest about it, and he is an honest man, I am not suggesting otherwise, is us all; it is every citizen. When we light a fire, turn on our car, switch on a light and leave it shining for an excessive period, or forget to switch the television off at night we are all polluters. One way or another, we all must meet the charge of this, which is one of the good things that has emerged from this debate. There was a very good debate tonight in the Seanad during which the Labour Party made the point that we must all bear the cost.

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