Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Covid crisis has certainly taught people the value of the natural environment. When we start to plan our recovery we need to make changes to embed better environmental approaches, particularly on climate action. I remind the Taoiseach we have lost a lot of ground on this. Only 3% of the promised electric vehicle charging points for public use have been rolled out in the past 15 months. Retrofitting has collapsed. My question to the Taoiseach is whether we can ensure some of this work is included because it is safe to put electric vehicle charging in public places, even under level 5. When will we see a new climate action plan? Can we publish a retrofitting wave early so that large swathes of our cities and country could adapt better environmental practices in their homes?

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