James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have heard today about the Government's poor performance on climate change targets. I will not repeat the environmental and moral issues raised by Deputy Eamon Ryan. There is also a financial consideration. The Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment has established that fines for failure to reach those targets could be in the amount of €1 billion to €1.5 billion. What financial provision has been made in the Finance Bill or elsewhere for the fines that will inevitably accrue from the Government's failure to meet those targets, which it has again admitted this morning?

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