Carbon tax to ‘undermine the competitiveness of Irish exporters’

THE introduction of a carbon tax will undermine the competitiveness of Irish exporters, give advantage to imported food products and place more jobs at risk in the food sector.

Irish Dairy Industries Association director Michael Barry said a carbon tax will inflate the cost of domestically produced food products relative to imports.

“The imported equivalent will not be hit with the same taxes and will have a competitive advantage over domestically produced food,” he said.