Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

I thank Deputy Tuffy for sharing some of her time. I welcome the fact this debate is being held in the House.

Climate change is the single biggest defining political issue for us and for this generation. That is why I find it so dispiriting that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has not chosen to come into the House when this debate is being held. If the Greens have taken flight on this issue, we really are in a situation that we will not be able to get out of.

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