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- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Is this a point of order? What is this?
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: It does.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: It is the truth.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: The Deputy should keep saying that.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: The Deputies do not.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: It concerns A and B bands.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: For God's sake.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: That is fine.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This is an historic and proud day for those of us who actually care about the environment.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: My only regret in respect of this tax is that this was not introduced many years ago.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: We have been discussing this matter for more than 20 years.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: The introduction of a carbon tax has been blocked on many occasions. I listened carefully to Deputy Stagg and others across the Chamber and it is clear they are trying to have it every way.
- 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?