May 7, 2021 12:39 pm
Deputy Mattie McGrath feels that the new climate bill turns rural Ireland “into the victim of environmental policy”, leaving behind the principles of a just transition.
Speaking in the Dáil this week on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021, independent TD McGrath said that the legislative impact of this bill “will make every single Irish citizen poorer or much less well-off”.
‘There must be a fairer way’
The deputy said he is fully committed to improving the environment and reducing global greenhouse gas emissions – however, in pursuing “these noble objectives, it should not have the impact of making people poorer”.
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Published April 23, 2021, 9:47 AM
At least 50 priority government agencies will be pledging their commitment against burdensome and corrupt-ridden processes in the bureaucracy, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said.
ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica made the statement as he administered the oath of the anti-red tape committee of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday afternoon, the first of the over 50 members of the Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART) to take their oath before the agency.
According to Belgica, ARTA’s aim is to ensure the commitment and help in information dissemination of the CART among different government agencies.
The CART was formed following the issuance of ARTA of Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2020-07 on September 30, 2020, which is in adherence to Sections 5 and 8 of the Ease of Doing Business law noting the role of government agencies and accountability of agency heads to reduce bureaucratic red tape and processing, respectively.
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