Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I largely agree with the Deputy's comments. The problem from the point of view of political discourse is that with an issue like climate change, people too often regard it as something to be dealt with by someone else, somewhere else and at some other time. In fact, it is an issue that affects all of us, and it is already impacting our planet and must be addressed.

To direct the Deputy to an indication of my bona fides on the matter, I delivered an interim presentation on 3 June on the White Paper on climate change. My speech is on the Department's website and, as I recall, I also tweeted it. I might tweet it again this afternoon. I ask the Deputy to take a look at that speech, in which I referred to some of the issues he has raised. As I said, addressing climate change is the greatest project of our time. There is no bigger issue.

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