Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Uachtarán Metsola go dtí an Teach. I also say to her that we have had benefits from the EU. We have also inherited many problems. Mention has been made of housing and the troika and the damage they left behind. A trail of terror has been blazed by vulture funds and the banks in this country on ordinary householders and small businesses.

We also have the situation regarding the Paris Agreement green deal of 2015, which is outdated at this stage. It is a goal we cannot continue with because it is putting penury and misery on ordinary people. We see countries such as China, India and Germany opening dirty coal mines at the moment, while we are taking all these measures at the behest of this agreement. I am not against climate change. I am saying we have to revisit this outdated-----

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