Greens to re-introduce bill to ensure fair transition of workers in fossil-fuel industries to green sector

The Green Party is to renew efforts to stem the effects of job losses in fossil-fuel industries by re-introducing its Just Transition Bill when the Dáil resumes next week.

The Bill, which the party launched last November, proposes that funding currently used to sustain peat-fired power plants be diverted and spent on retooling existing plant infrastructure and retraining workers.