Eamon Ryan: 'Sinn Féin will not get rid of carbon tax' because party 'knows it's working'

Environment minister said tax goes to social welfare, retrofitting and farming

Environment minister Eamon Ryan: 'No one's going to get rid of the carbon tax because that would be insane. You'd have to replace it with something else.'

Sinn Féin will not abolish the carbon tax if it goes into government as doing so would be “insane”, Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has said.

Mr Ryan said he believed Sinn Féin needed to “dramatically” up its game on climate and the environment, but he would not rule out going into government with the party in future.