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“We’ll wait and see.”
“Extensive challenges.”
Judicial review.
“A childish, crude and inappropriate gesture”.
IFAC and the Climate Change Advisory Council, both of which were set up to advise Government, say Ireland could face fines of up to €28bn if 2030 EU climate targets are missed. Climate Minister Darragh O’Brien says it’s conjecture: “This is back of the envelope stuff”.
“Whether I like it not, it’s happening…we are where we are”: Minister Michael Healy-Rae explains why he’s part of a Government that’s hiking carbon tax given his previous criticisms of the tax, saying that even if he was “dead”, it would remain in place until 2030 regardless.
“I’m very worried.”
“A lot of the Western world.”
“A president for all.”
“You’re not addressing the substance of the point…You’re filibustering”: Ben Scallan grills Charities Minister Jerry Buttimer on the Government’s policy of only funding activist NGOs that are in line with the Government’s agenda. https://youtu.be/bzMDZn2l4UM
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says he takes “full responsibility” for the Jim Gavin debacle. Asked if this means he should face some consequences, Minister James Lawless says he already has faced consequences, because now Fianna Fáil won’t have a candidate in the election.