John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Labour Party has come forward with a climate change Bill. I took the opportunity to read its Bill. It is utterly flawed. People in the Labour Party do not understand how the emissions trading system works. They do not understand the post-Kyoto situation. They propose a climate change Bill but reject the idea of a carbon levy. That is not joined up thinking. This is the sort of contradiction we did not get the opportunity to explore during this election.

People must surely accept radical reform of the planning system. Deputy Ó Caoláin accused the Government of creating a housing bubble. I did not create any housing bubble. One of the reasons for it was excessive over-zonings and rezonings throughout the country. I see Deputy O'Dowd nodding in agreement.

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