Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----to the interests of working people, which it has not expressed before. This is opportunism at its worst.

Carbon pricing has a role to play in addressing climate change. It is not the ultimate role but it has a role. We are honest that we support the principle of carbon pricing once it is the case that carbon tax is directed towards mitigating measures to ensure we can insulate homes and increase the fuel allowance system to support those who are in fuel poverty and those who are at risk of fuel poverty. We know the planet is burning and if we do not take the kind of action that is required, the rural Ireland the Rural Independent Group claims to love will be no more. We have a biodiversity and ecosystem crisis in this country.

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