Irish Climate Action Fund Holds Over €500M Unspent
Ireland's Climate Action Fund has over half a billion euro in fuel taxes earmarked for climate measures that remains unspent.
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RTÉ Radio 1
“Over half a billion euro earned in fuel taxes earmarked for climate measures has yet to be spent. Reporter Ashling Maloney has analysed financial statements from the Climate Action Fund, which he says show that 70% of the money raised through a 2 cent levy on fuel in the past five years was left sitting in the government's bank account.”
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