Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We have been going around the country. I have visited every single county and every single council. I listened to what people think we can do. Government supports that. In two weeks' time, I expect to bring a memo to Government which sets out how we develop our just transition and that came from the farming organisations as well as the unions, employers, environmental NGOs and social justice organisations. In the next month, we will bring to Government a new proposal to create a new bioeconomy around biomethane which will bring huge revenues into the farming community. In the next month, we will introduce new renewable supports that will help the farming community, business and others tap into the solar revolution that is taking place in a way that is already accelerated but we are about to boost even further. These are the real things we can do in government.

It is not just about the farming community, although those in that community are central and are affected most at the moment, as we all know. It is important that we care for all our people. This Government has done that in the form of the energy credits we provide to help people deal with the most difficult price increases. This Government is going to continue with the tradition we have had. All four budgets to date have been socially progressive and demonstrable, and were approved and shown as such by the ESRI. The people in the lowest three deciles get the most benefit, those at the top, the least. That has been a fundamental principle of every single budget we have had. Deputy Cairns said she is looking for €6 billion for climate. We have agreed to put aside €14 billion for an infrastructure, climate and nature fund. Good economic management is also caring for your people

We have done more. We have halved the cost of public transport for those under 26. The numbers are shooting up.

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