Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

Change is coming and change is something we need to welcome and steer in the right direction. There is no doubt we are facing into difficult and different economic times globally from what existed during the past ten or 15 years. It is clear from the broad economic picture that what we have seen in recent years is a very significant increase in energy prices, in oil and gas, in the international markets, which is feeding through with a number of different effects.

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