Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senators Norris, Lombard and, my good friend, Humphreys raised the issue of carbon tax and climate change. Nobody is in denial about the importance of the need to have our country take its climate change responsibilities seriously. The Government is committed to that. I will cast the Senator's mind back to the Minister's speech yesterday. I replied to the matter on yesterday's Order of Business. The Senator can protest all he wants. I know he has to do what he has to do. However, one has to be fair about what the Government has done and is committed to doing.As the Senator understands, Ireland has, compared with other EU countries, a very broad carbon tax. It is pitched at €20 per tonne. Regardless of whether people like it-----