Ms Ciara Kirrane:

To address the first question, the Fiscal Advisory Council is a very strong model we could follow. I agree it is a good idea.

In terms of targets and whether it is premature to include targets, it is not premature because the likely target, as stated by the European Council, will be 80% to 95% and the scientific community has stated that is what is necessary. In fact, it may well be an underestimate of what is needed to address climate change problems adequately. Including a target of 80% to 95% does not compromise ourselves but supports us to put us on the trajectory towards meeting our objective. There are ways of dealing with that kind of a target. By including it, we can start planning to give the clarity and benchmarks against which we can measure. There are ways of dealing with it in how we can revise it should the targets change. We can look to including clauses about revising in legislation, as has been done in other Bills.