Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I compliment Mr. Coghlan on his detailed and informative submission outlining the history, present and future. Many questions have been asked. Recommendation No. 3 is on flexibility between target periods and carry-back. The UK Act caps carrying forward between budgetary periods at 1%. I have not heard this proposal at the committee previously.

Recommendation No. 5 was not to call the targets "targets". Are they not targets or do they differ slightly? Would it be easier to implement them if they were called "carbon budgets" instead? One must account for not reaching one's target. Is a "national objective" different and would the consequences be the same? Would it be a target under a different name or would a different methodology be involved?