Air Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2026-01-28
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Sarah O'Reilly (AON), Agricultural Panel

Being warm saves people's lives. More people die of hyperthermia than of effects from air pollution. That is a fact. It is about clarity in the Bill. The Minister of State said the intention of the Bill is this, that and the other but everything comes down to interpretation. I am looking for guarantees that domestic users will not be prosecuted. It is not specified anywhere in the legislation who the regulatory powers are aimed at. Maybe I am very stupid. That is what this comes down to. How do we guarantee, unless it is copper-fastened in legislation, that homeowners will not be pursued eventually down the road in years to come?

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