Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Tokenism will not cut it, but hypocrisy will not cut it either. We have a plan. The climate action plan laid out by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, and the Taoiseach lays out how in the years to come we will invest more in ensuring renewable energy will play a larger part in the economy, we will have more homes retrofitted across the country and that we will have the right transport and planning framework in place to allow the economy and citizens to make the changes needed.

We are considering the role the pricing of carbon may play in that regard. Deputy McDonald is calling for additional investment and sustainable and structural change, but she does not have the honesty to explain how it can happen, or how we can pay for the additional investment needed.

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