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 fuel poverty and in terms of supports for farmers.
On the importance of carbon tax revenues.
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We would not be in a position to participate in any post-UNIFIL force that may be pulled together.
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.
What I would say to balance the fact that we are, yes, depending - overly dependent - on corporation tax revenues, we are using it for the productive sector, so it's the productive capacity of the economy.
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.
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