Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Will the Minister accept that although the carbon tax has a nice name, it is just another tax? It is nothing more than a new tax with the word "carbon" stuck in front of it. Does the Minister intend to develop a facility to make progress with the development of alternative fuels? The Government has already wrecked the sugar company facility that would have served such a purpose neatly. Does the Minister intend to commend to his Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Finance, the introduction of a landing tax for our natural resources? He should do so while he is still there. The Green Party needs to exercise influence on the capture of some of the wealth associated with our natural resources. The people of this State certainly need such wealth at this time.

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