Letter to the Editor: Ireland could pay carbon tax for other jurisdictions

RTÉ’s environment correspondent, George Lee, wrote on December 6, 2018, that atmospheric CO2 production is deemed as being generated within the state where carbon fuel has been bought, rather than from where the fuel is burned.

Coal, oil or other fossil fuels that have been imported (and sold) within the Irish jurisdiction and then exported (to Northern Ireland) will still command a fine/penalty on Irish Republic’s taxpayers, as the source of CO2 emissions from such fuel is deemed to have been ‘caused’ by importers and users within the Irish Republic.