Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the climate issues that the Minister raised, it is important that we retain our competitiveness in that area and do not become a world leader and, as a result, have to pay higher costs than many of our competitors. This is a very competitive market. We must try to maintain capacity. Any diminution at all will very quickly accelerate, with obvious consequences for employers and employees. I would like to know the extent to which the threats that are most obvious to competitiveness in the home market and the international market are being identified and challenged at this time.

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