Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have made it clear that there is an enormous challenge ahead of us in climate change, which the EPA report identifies. We always made it clear as well that it would be the latter half of the decade before some of the decisions we have taken will bear fruit, including investments in a range of areas such as retrofitting, electric vehicles, EVs, and agricultural investments. The carbon tax revenue is building up very strongly, for example, and that is important to enable us to do the retrofitting, to implement fuel poverty protection measures and to do environmentally friendly farming. The carbon ceilings will be brought to Government shortly and I will come back to the Deputy on the timelines following discussions with the Minister.

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