Air Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2025 [Seanad]: Second Stage
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-16
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

It is interesting that this Bill is being discussed in the Dáil in the middle of a fuel crisis for so many people. The Bill will focus on air pollution while many family businesses and small business will struggle simply to keep their houses warm in this fuel crisis. I received an email from a constituent during the week. She is a carer. She called in to see one of her clients, an elderly gentleman. He was sitting in front of his electric oven to keep warm because he had run out of oil and sticks to be able to heat the house. That is an incredible image. Pensioners who worked all their lives in this country are now forced, due to the lack of affordable fuel, to sit in front of an electric oven to keep warm. In many ways, it puts this discussion into perspective.
There is a slow-motion leadership challenge happening within Fianna Fáil.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-16