Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-13
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Simon Coveney (FG), Cork South-Central

The first thing to say is that I welcome the agreement at COP28. I recognise, because I am not sure it has got enough recognition, the role played by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, in getting a final agreement from the EU side. He was central to EU negotiations, particularly in the context of climate finance.
To the Deputy's question, we are always looking for new ways in which we can encourage and support the retrofitting of homes and making that affordable for people. We must decarbonise not only our economy but our whole society, and that will involve spending hundreds of millions, if not billions, of euro on helping households and businesses to decarbonise in the years ahead.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-13