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Fri 10 Oct 2009Green plan a recipe for fudge and confusion in economic policy

OPINION: Recent green stimulus proposals from Comhar ignore public finance crisis and promote uncosted objectives, writes COLM McCARTHY

ANY POLICY proposal that offers an employment stimulus, cuts to emissions of greenhouse gases and a lessening of social exclusion, all at no apparent cost to the public finances, deserves attention.