Greens blame Coalition partners for stalling memo on payments from 3bn climate fund
Briefly

"It's hard to know why Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael blocked this. We've flagged on several occasions where this money needs to be spent. This will help businesses, public bodies and farmers save money while cutting their emissions, so we're a bit baffled why it wouldn't get the green light."
"The money was to be used to help farmers, industry and the public sector develop new income streams and to reduce their energy bills 'in ways that would also help Ireland meet its climate targets', the Greens said."
"Hundreds of millions of euro were earmarked to be spent on retrofitting public sector buildings such as hospitals, schools and universities so that they use less fuel for heating, while at the same time reducing emissions."
"Financial support would also have been allocated to developing biomethane projects in rural Ireland, a process in which farm and..."
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