Micheál Martin: “If there's a complete pullout of Lebanon, that could lead to a deterioration of the situation from a humanitarian point…”

The reality is of course that the revenues from the carbon tax trajectory, as provided for in legislation, is baked into the National Development Plan expenditure profile, particularly at the Department of Climate, and also in terms of…

I do think that that’s an issue that has to be discussed and dealt with.

But of course, given the propensity of the industry itself to raise the cost of alcohol, in terms of the price of a pint, which varies in terms of locations, we will look at different sectors in the round.

I do have an understanding of how political agreements come about, and they don’t come about by saying it’s our way or the highway or no-one’s way.