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- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: It is most disingenuous to state that, on one hand, they favour a carbon levy while, on the other, they cannot find it in their hearts to vote in favour of this measure.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: If Members wish to quote from Friends of the Earth, they should read that organisation's press release.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Friends of the Earth is seeking a carbon levy of â¬100. Do those opposite support that proposal? The answer is no.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: There is a great deal for ordinary people in this carbon levy because - as the ESRI has pointed out over many years - it will make our economy much more competitive.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: It will provide for those who are suffering from fuel poverty. It will also provide for a retrofitting scheme.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Such a scheme will be of assistance not only in the context of reducing CO2 emissions but will also reduce people's fuel bills. The retrofitting programme is only the beginning and I have every confidence that my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, will roll it out. With regard to the local authorities, we are providing â¬50 million for the programme...
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: That is the whole point.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: I am obliged to ask whether this is the party of Garrett FitzGerald?
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Fine Gael is unrecognisable and has transmogrified into a party of Neanderthals.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: I have listened to the contradictory responses being offered from across the floor and I listened to what Deputy Ring had to say.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Fine Gael councillors continue to rezone land in the most irresponsible way.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Those opposite should consider the record of their councillors in respect of zonings and rezonings.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Fine Gael's record in this regard is utterly shameful. If one wishes to reduce people's dependency on their cars, one must plan communities properly. It is astounding that members of a party which used to believe in certain standards can continue to rezone in such an unethical way.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Fine Gael members have continually voted to rezone lands.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: What can I do? I am continually being interrupted.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: With respect, I am not doing so.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Deputy Tuffy actually came out in opposition to energy efficient light bulbs.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: I must respond.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: On the car scrappage scheme, I wish to inform Deputy Tuffy that the levy applies only to the A and B bands. In other words, we are referring to low-emission vehicles. Will CO2 emissions be reduced? Absolutely, and that is the intention behind it. I invite Opposition Members to read the Budget Statement and analyse it in detail.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: When they do so they will discover that this is a comprehensive response to climate change and they should vote in favour of it.