Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have mentioned public transport. We do not have any oil, despite constantly being told by the far left about all of the oil we have given away. We do not actually have any oil; therefore, we have not given any away. We have some gas but not very much. Notwithstanding the fact that climate change is happening and caused by fossil fuels, for the long foreseeable future we will still need some oil and gas, whether to produce power, particularly when there are high demands for it, or to fly aeroplanes. To my knowledge, nobody has yet developed an aircraft that does not require fossil fuels at the very least as a backup. We need them for plastics and things such as-----

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