Oireachtas Committee calls for Climate Change Bill to be put on hold

THE Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture has called for the controversial Climate Change Bill to be put on hold.

Having been promoted by the Green Party, the bill has been roundly criticised by farm and “green” groups alike — one saying it would needlessly go too far, the other saying it wasn’t going far enough.

IFA president John Bryan welcomed yesterday’s move by the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, and said the Government could not ignore the views of the cross-party group.