A Clare member of the Green Party says it’s crucial that Ireland’s carbon taxes don’t amount to a fundraising exercise.
It comes as a new report by the ESRI looking at the impact of increasing carbon tax has suggested a congestion charge model could help reduce carbon emissions.
A similar system is in place in London but the report also found that those in poverty spend more of their income on energy than richer households.
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Tuamgraney’s Barry O’Donovan, who ran in the recent local elections, says the point of the tax should be to reduce our emissions but it shouldn’t hit those struggling in the pocket:
