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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?

And of course, I mean, you know, by comparison with almost anyone in Europe, but maybe the exception of now Orban, who's gone, Trump is off the scales in terms of drill, baby, drill.

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

And like, let's close down the wind farms while oil prices go up and let's pay the wind farm companies to drill for oil.

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

So that's all a bit, that's all a bit mad.

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

And Europe hasn't gone that direction.

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

But we are all caught in those cross currents.

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

But I think what the current crisis has shown us is that fossil fuels are the problem.

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

Their supply, their security, because there's

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

political and wars now around them and their price and the price is hitting home as we saw in recent times but as we all can see in our pockets the price is hitting home and the government particularly after yesterday when they discovered they have even more money than they thought our main point now is you've spent 750 million in a few weeks to subsidise fossil fuel prices and we understand why we might have done it differently but we understand why where's the emergency spending plan where's the plan

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

to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, to get us off oil boilers and onto heat pumps, to get solar panels in every roof, to help people move to electric vehicles.

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

Who, if they had a choice, would now buy a diesel car or a petrol car?

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

But people need help.

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

They're coming down in price, but they need help.

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

And now is the opportunity.

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

And it was very good to hear.

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

Simon Harris, Tánaiste Minister for Finance yesterday, as he was introducing the spring economic statement, he actually said in the context of the broader picture that we have to start taking action not just to help people in the here and now on energy prices, but to get off fossil fuels.

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

So he said it, he reiterated the government's position, but we need to see the action.

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

The climate action plan is four months late.

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

Where's the plan?

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

Where's the emergency?

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

Let's talk about this poll or survey now that you did of a thousand people, wasn't it, who answered these questions?