Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-06-Speech-3-226"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Climate change2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991006.7.3-226"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-06-Speech-3-2272
lpv:speaker	lp:Avril Doyle2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, most of what needs saying has been said at this point. The EU is falling sharply behind in meeting its legally binding undertakings on reducing greenhouse gases. I would just like to mention my concerns about my own country. I am very concerned that the Irish Government is complacent in its attitude towards its Kyoto Protocol commitments, which they entered into in December 1997. We are committed to limiting the emissions of greenhouse gases to 13% above our 1990 levels by the year 2010 or so. On current predictions Ireland’s emissions will be up to 40% above this target. In relation to the energy tax issue, it is time we decided exactly what we mean by this. I am a great believer in more carrot and less stick, particularly when it comes to environmental protection. Just to wave taxes as a threat, without matching them with grants for retrofitting older plants so that they can comply with acceptable emission standards, and without generally increasing investment in monitoring emissions, will not work. Are we talking about climate change levies, emission taxes, energy taxes generally, carbon tax, carbon dioxide tax? I do not think we have ever put our heads together to decide exactly what we mean by it. I fully support the point made by my EPP colleague, Mr Bowis, that under no circumstances can we export our problem from the developed world by slapping taxes on our older plants with problematic emission standards and just driving those jobs and those particular production units to the less developed regions where they are less able to cope with environmental degradation. It is a net reduction in emissions we want globally, not just exporting the problem from the West to the less developed regions. I am also very concerned about the projected increase in fluorocarbons, which are presently a minor contributor to the total greenhouse gases. We are told they will increase by 40% on current rates. That is a major cause for concern. We should turn our attention to it."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--1999-10-11)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Doyle (PPE )."1

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