KERRY TD Danny Healy-Rae has described as disgraceful a proposal to ban people burning turf and timber in their homes.
He was commenting on weekend reports that the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, and the government were considering bringing forward legislation on the matter.
The government is planning a nationwide ban on the sale of all smoky fuels with ongoing concerns about the health impacts of air pollution.
The fuels to be banned will include coal, peat briquettes, sod turf and wood.
“It is disgraceful to think that the Fianna Fail Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, would allow this to be done to so many people all around the country and especially in rural Ireland,” Deputy Healy-Rae said.
“He is pandering to the Green Party to ensure that he got a stint as Taoiseach. It is only from now on that we will really get to know the true cost of the Green Party’s support in government,” he added.
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