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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I understand that she refers to the cross-party amendment: The Government should, prior to the introduction of any increase in carbon taxation, examine the impacts on low-income families and on the basis of these findings, introduce specific policy measures to assist those who may not be in a position to immediately transition from fossil fuels, including the potential use of social...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does the Deputy want to reinsert it into the report separately?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Deputy does not want it in this cross-party amendment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: It is No. 28 on this document. The Deputy wants this as a stand-alone recommendation. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes. After that, we will go to the cross-party amendment. We will have to see how the votes go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Deputy Bríd Smith wants that to be a stand-alone recommendation. I do not want to speak for the Deputy, but I believe that is what she wants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: That is the nuance involved here. It would require another vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: If the members agree that can be done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Deputy has made her point clearly. This is a procedural issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We are changing the wording of the Deputy's amendment. Normally we cannot do that, but if the members agree we can do that, allowing the Deputy's recommendation to stand alone. That will be put to a vote. I am clear about what Deputy Bríd Smith wants to do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: She wants to change the wording in recommendation No. 28. Instead of "Prior to taking a decision on carbon tax", as the Deputy wants, we have to amend the wording so that the members know what they are voting on. Rather than having it as part of the cross-party recommendation the Deputy is concerned that it appears alongside a recommendation that there be a carbon tax.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The amendment is now on the screen; the changes have been made.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We are working on the re-wording of Deputy Bríd Smith's amendment. She has left the room to get a new wording for her own amendment. We have put it on the screen. Is Deputy Bríd Smith happy with what has been put on screen? It concerns "The immediate and long-term impact of increasing the carbon tax". Does the Deputy see the change on screen? It continues: "Prior to taking a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We are trying to rectify that. Can the Deputy help us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will now deal with the Sinn Féin amendment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will now deal with Deputy Bríd Smith's amendment, seeking to amend the amendment by deleting the paragraph on fuel poverty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will now move to the cross-party amendment. The question is that the cross-party amendment be made. The division has been challenged, so pursuant to Standing Orders the division will now be taken by the clerk to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We have one other amendment in this section, which is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Is that an issue for members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: It is agreed.