Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not persuaded by that argument. In my experience as a public representative in Meath I have seen that there is a cohort of people who will not benefit from the measures that are being proposed, who will see these measures as regressive and who will be disproportionately affected by them. These people are vulnerable and the imposition of a carbon tax without alternatives, which they do not and will not have, will be very difficult. I am not the only one who says this approach is a regressive one and some people in the Minister's party say the same.

I want to ask about the proposed €9.5 billion that the programme for Government says will be raised from the carbon tax. That is a massive commitment to make but there is no detail on how much of this will be raised per year and from what sources. Can the Minister outline some details on that?

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