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

The setting of such levels is extremely challenging. The Deputy heard the remarks of the previous speaker. She and I are at one on the climate crisis. I am not sure that is true of those seated to her left in the House because all I get from them are reasons we should keep delaying doing anything. It is urgent. We are very late to the table. In a global sense, climate change is happening before our very eyes at a much more rapid pace than people even predicted. I was struck recently by the US envoy, John Kerry, saying in Davos that people should be reminded that the measures we take now will not protect us from negative consequences of climate change; they just protect us from the worst consequences. There will be consequences. We see it all over Europe. We hope, however, that the work on the ceilings will be completed before the end of the month.

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