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Oisín Coughlan

👤 Speaker
211 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

278, I think.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

Okay, so a good sample size.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

So what about the political affiliation of those who were polled in relation to the answers that they gave?

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

Yeah, it's interesting.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

I mean, to some degree, there's a...

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

It's not surprising, as in anti-government parties more to the left.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

So Social Democrats, Labour, the Greens are all, you know, in the 80s and 90s saying that the government isn't doing enough.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

But Sinn Féin, which, you know, sometimes we see sitting on the fence in these questions, 62% of their voters say the government isn't doing enough fast enough.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

But there is 29% saying we're doing too much too fast.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

So in that more cautious, how will this affect me camp.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

But I think the most interesting results are the government parties.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

So 51% of Fine Gael voters, so an absolute majority saying the government isn't doing enough.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

Now there's a big chunk in the middle then of Fine Gael voters who say they're doing as much as they can.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

Because they're not, you know, people, if you vote for Fine Gael, you don't want to be anti the party.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

And in Fianna Fáil, it's almost evenly split.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

44% saying aren't doing enough.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

46% saying they're doing as much as they can.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

And then, maybe not surprisingly, it's AIM2 is, there's a slight majority of AIM2 voters saying we're doing too much.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

And then an absolute majority of independent Ireland voters saying that we're doing too much.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

So that's,