Acting Chairman (Deputy Catherine Murphy):

I have a few questions. The last witness talked about the institutional architecture being just as important as the targets. I can see that it is critically important to have a rock-solid, independent expert advisory group because it will come forward with the science. That is what drives it. I am interested in hearing what Dr. O'Gorman has to say on this. Clearly, he is saying it must be independent; we are on the same page on that point.

On why there is resistance to targets, the agriculture sector will exceed them and it will be a challenge for us to make them up with the other sectors involved. We heard one of the delegates talking about the shock to the agriculture sector, which is an important one in rebuilding the economy. Will Dr. O'Gorman address that issue? Will he also address the concern about targets being justiciable and how that issue has been handled in other countries?