Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

We all know the famous quote from the young climate activist, Greta Thunberg: "Act like your house is on fire". Instead, we seem to have a Government that is standing with its arms folded. The second biggest cause of carbon emissions, after agriculture, in Ireland is transport. Agriculture will be a longer-term project to shift, but there are immediate things that could be done, and one of them is the introduction of free public transport. It has been done in 100 cities and in the country of Luxembourg. Dublin is now the slowest moving city in Europe. This will benefit people's lives, as well as the environment.

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