Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I accept that the Minister made a commitment, but he was very opposed to including it in the legislation. We are here to legislate and change legislation. As I pointed out to him, a commitment by an individual is not the same as having legislative change which insists on there being an environmentalist on the committee to fight climate change. That is what we will continue to fight for.

Trócaire, in its document "The Burning Question" which is well worth reading and which the Minister has probably read-----

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