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Roderick O'Gorman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
83 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

That was from the Nora Fund.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

All the carbon tax money is reinvested.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

That's the Nora levy.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

That's not the carbon tax.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

That was from 2023.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

From 2025, the full amount of carbon tax is used for retrofit, for increasing the fuel allowance payments.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

And has it been used?

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

Yes, it has.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

In 2025, it's been funded.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

The carbon tax element has been fully spent.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

But the reason people are experiencing high levels of fuel prices right now isn't because of the carbon tax.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

The reason is because of our dependence on foreign fossil fuels.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

And that's why we need to do, again, where I agree with Michael, we do need to do more to make individual households more independent.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

And that is...

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

putting solar, supporting families to put solar on their rooftops.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

The scheme the Green Party introduced to put solar on schools, 2,500 schools now have solar panels.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

They're saving about five and a half million every year in terms of electricity bills.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

We need to go further there and this government needs to get the message.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

Like two weeks ago, Simon Harris put out a kite saying, oh, we'll have some new supports for heat pumps, new

The Claire Byrne Show
Should the country reopen the door to coal-fired power?

supports for EVs.