Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy makes a good point. There is real concern. I read recently one of the real concerns of many people on climate change is they do not really know what to do. Our people want to take action on climate but they are sightly uncertain about what is the best thing to do. Our job is to make it easier for people to do the right thing about some of the issues we have discussed here today, by regulation, by setting standards, and by investing and making the better alternative cheaper. What does not help is when one has companies, as the Deputy says, engaged in greenwashing, in pretending something is a key part of the solution when, in fact, it is not of the scale of change of transformation we need.

I will take the Deputy's suggestion. I have not considered it to date but I think it is a valid one. I will engage with my colleagues. In terms of the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, in the broadcasting area, it would be an appropriate measure for us to ask the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland or others to look at this issue because it is a real issue. I will revert back to Deputy O'Rourke having spoken to Deputy Catherine Martin.

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