Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will not be signing off on the measure. There is a provision in the Finance Bill 2008 that can be signed by the Minister to introduce a levy on workers. It is good that he will not be signing that. There is a lot of corporate greenwashing going on. I will give the Minister an example. Liffey Valley Shopping Centre introduced staff car-parking charges in October 2022. The average workers, who may not have an alternative to the use of a car, will pay €600 per year to park their cars to go to work. That is the equivalent of a pay cut for workers who are on an average wage. The shopping centre has introduced sustainable travel between cycling and public transport but the public transport links were not there when that decision was made. This is corporate greenwashing at its worst because it penalises ordinary workers just to come to work.

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