Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Most people embrace science and understand that we need to respond to climate change. I have switched to organic farming. I used a train and bike to get here today. However, we want to ensure that the seismic changes we are making as a country are not punitive to rural Ireland. Proposals have come out in recent months about cow culling, penalising car ownership and tapering back the likes of Moneypoint power station in Clare. The measures need to be timely. It should be more carrot than stick when it comes to rural Ireland. What will the Government do to protect rural Ireland so that we are not tone deaf to the people of Ireland who do not have a Luas or DART in front of their homes?

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