Rural TDs have hit out at both the bigger parties in Opposition and the Government after the Carbon Budget sailed through the Daíl last night without a vote – because less than 10 TDs called for a ballot to be taken. The Rural Group says that the Carbon Budget comes at a cost of €46,000 […]
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has launched a scathing attack on the Governments controversial Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021. Deputy Nolan was speaking after she made a significant contribution opposing the legislation which was passed by the Dáil last week. The Bill will now move to the Seanad where […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the cost of implementing the Government’s Climate Action Bill will cost €20 billion annually for next 10 years. That’s ten times the cost of the National Children’s Hospital at €1.74 billion or almost twice the amount of revenue generated annually by Irelands Corporation Tax at approximately […]
After working away diligently to establish a smothering regulatory framework that would stifle innovation, the Irish government have finally arrived with a fully fledged but elegantly simple solution, the Climate Action Bill. Reading through the government’s press release, its evident the Bill is intended as an all-pervading regulatory burden on all aspects of life. The […]
Fine Gael’s radical climate bill will see you pay more for fuel, more for heat, more for services, more for cars #gript References “This bill seeks to totally ban the sale of fossil fuel cars in Ireland by the year 2030. It also includes the adoption of a five-yearly carbon budgets, which […]