Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What the Government has done in the budget is place a 1% VRT surcharge on new and imported diesel cars, invest €30 million in supports for electric vehicles and extended tax reliefs for hybrid and electric cars. This year, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, who is criticised in this House almost weekly, will spend more than €780 million on public transport infrastructure and services. In addition, we will agree a price for carbon in 2030 and a pathway to achieve it over the next decade-----