Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I presume the Minister read the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report from two days ago. The findings are absolutely devastating in what it means for humanity. In blunt terms, it is spells out that we have 12 years to stop global warming going over 1.5° Celsius. Another 0.5° Celsius rise would significantly worsen the risk of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.

Based on yesterday's budget, the Government's plan seems to be just to fiddle while the whole world burns. Is that the case or has the Minister a plan to do something about it?

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