Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I suggest that the Deputy read the Oireachtas committee's report on climate change. It makes a very strong case, not only for investing in changing the way we produce power at a business and home level, but for carbon tax forming a part of the solution to encouraging a change in behaviour. No one is proposing a dramatic increase in carbon tax in the short term. Rather, we are talking about setting a target for 2030 and incremental increases until then so that people can know the trajectory of this cost and be encouraged to consider more sustainable and renewable ways of heating their homes.

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