A plan by the Government to ban the sale of fossil fuel cars from 2030 has been described as unrealistic. Minister for Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton published the Draft General Scheme of the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill 2019 today, and said that it is priority legislation. The Bill aims to ban the sale of fossil fuel cars from 2030, and would see fossil fuel cars not getting NCTs from 2045. Labour Party climate spokesman Sean Sherlock TD said the Government’s proposal to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030 is unrealistic without greater supports. “The token proposal to ban the sale of fossil fuel cars by 2030 is unrealistic, and far ahead of what other, better prepared countries are proposing.

Source: Irish Examiner January 06, 2020 15:33 UTC