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

I have explained the reasons the Government, and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in particular, have a problem with the Bill proposed by the Deputy. It is not the case that we do not do environmental legislation. We have passed legislation in this House to divest the State from investing in hydrocarbons and similar types of investment, while legislation on microbeads appears on the priority list for this session.

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