67. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has conducted any ethical analysis of the consequences of pursuing a policy of promoting electric vehicle use given the fact that the vast majority of such vehicles require the inclusion of cobalt, the mining of which is heavily reliant on and linked to child slavery in territories such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42418/22]

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67. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has conducted any ethical analysis of the consequences of pursuing a policy of promoting electric vehicle use given the fact that the vast majority of such vehicles require the inclusion of cobalt, the mining of which is heavily reliant on and linked to child slavery in territories such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42418/22]

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