Letter to the Editor: Fine Gael beholden to the fossil fuel lobby

I am calling on the Fine Gael Government to withdraw from blocking the Climate Emergency Measures Bill which is being, once again held hostage by procedural trickery. It should go to the Oireachtas select committee where it could be debated and scrutinised by all parties.

I will question Minister Sean Canney on the reasons his Government is blocking the bill again. It should have been before a select committee in the Dáil but has been blocked by a last-minute Government demand that it needs a “money message”. This is a mechanism to stop opposition bills when the government claims it will result in a claim on public monies.