Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It would be unfair to say we are not doing things and there has not been a step change over the past two years. The proof of that is in the national development plan, where €1 in every €5 spent over the next decade on the public side will be on climate-related activity. We have made a definitive decision to take coal out of power generation by 2025 and we will be one of the first countries in Europe to do so. We will be one of the first countries in the world to ban smoky coal later this year.

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