Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

The Minister decided to go AWOL for a few seconds. He recently stated he is not the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Minister for Transport and he called on his colleagues to do something to meet the programme for Government commitment. He does not know much about collective Cabinet responsibility. The Minister has a key position in the Government to achieve the goals he talked about for long enough. Let us see the colour of his money.

When we are given the details regarding the introduction of a carbon levy, we will be glad to scrutinise it then. We will be glad to scrutinise any ministerial proposal. Will the Minister indicate in the context of the cutbacks in public transport, how he will achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to meet the targets, which are important?

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