Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

The Minister has blown it anyway. He is going to Copenhagen without having done anything to ensure the message goes out from Ireland that we will have a decent carbon tax, climate change legislation and we are playing our part in meeting the greatest challenge of our generation.

My last point relates to the big polluters. Even Friends of the Earth Ireland, who are friends with the Green Party, have said we must deal with the big polluters.

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