Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am glad to speak to this motion. Farmers at present face the high cost of fertiliser and the high cost of feed for the wintertime. The high cost of energy is affecting every household in this country and there is a high cost of fuel. People are suffering and they are finding it difficult. That is why, although I am not a climate change denier, I have always questioned, and will continue to question, the carbon taxes that are being imposed, as well as the effects that they will have on people throughout the country and, particularly, in rural Ireland.

The people I represent in County Kerry are being adversely affected and they will continue to be.

There is one thing I have to do and I cannot let this go because we have to tell the truth when standing up inside here. When we see a party like Labour coming along with a motion like this, it has to be reminded-----

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