Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I am surprised the Taoiseach does not have an answer to the question he was asked on the dates the committees met. I presume the Taoiseach knows whether this committee has met since the Government was formed in June. This is also true of the Cabinet committee on climate change and energy security. Am I to understand that in a country where we aspire to develop a new economy based on science and innovation the Cabinet committee on science, technology and innovation has not met at all since the Government was formed in June? Has the Cabinet committee on climate change and energy security of a Government which professes to being committed to dealing effectively with climate change met only once since the Government was formed in June?

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