About this episode

The episode discusses whether electric vehicle incentives primarily benefit the wealthy, featuring insights from various political representatives and a climate expert.

Professor Peter Thorne, member of the Climate Change Advisory Council joins the panel of Robert Troy, Fianna Fáil TD for Longford - Westmeath and Minister of State with responsibility for Financial Services and Insurance, Claire Kerrane, Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon - Galway and Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD for Dún Laoghaire.

People in this episode

Guests: Professor Peter Thorne, Robert Troy, Claire Kerrane, Richard Boyd Barrett

Topics covered

• electric vehicles
• incentives
• wealth disparity
• climate change
• financial services

Keywords

• EV incentives
• wealthy
• climate change
• financial services
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, People Before Profit

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