Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said that given that amendment No. 9 was ruled out of order, it undermined amendments Nos. 10 and 11. We do not agree with amendment No. 9 being ruled out of order.

The Minister has made the point that we need to be careful that we are not transgressing EU rulings. I understand we still have a Parliament in Dublin and that we can make decisions here. We should be trying to be elected to a parliament in Berlin if we are not going to have a say as a country. We forget that the Scots have some very good legislation in this area. They have set targets of 42% to be met by 2020 and 80% by 2050. I do not really see any reason Ireland could not do the same.