Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Arising from the Taoiseach's earlier reply to Deputy McManus, when she asked about the prospects of a climate change Bill being produced by the Government and drew his attention to the fact that the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has promised that such a Bill will be presented to the House before Christmas, the Taoiseach in response relied on the programme for Government. The interesting and surprising point about the programme for Government was that it did not in any way commit to a climate change Bill. Will the Government introduce a climate change Bill or will it not?

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