Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, I do not have to tell the House where I stand on the issue of climate change. I believe that the climate has changed since time began. What causes the change is where I differ from many others. As we know, since the Ice Age, there have been changes in our climate.

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action has been meeting for the past number of months but has been sitting in private. Non-members are not entitled to attend meetings that are held in private. I am worried about what is going on in the meetings that have been held in private. One could describe the meetings as being held in camera.

On the proposed carbon tax, I was absolutely disgusted on the day when the Leader of the Opposition, even though his party supports the Government one day and is supposed to oppose it the next, attacked the Taoiseach for not introducing a carbon tax. We are all aware that fuel is too expensive. People in rural Ireland cannot manage without their cars. It is fine to talk about electric cars-----

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