Mr. Oisín Coghlan:

I will be very brief. I am not sure support from me on wind energy is useful to Deputy Durkan, but I recognise the challenges he has been facing. It is a debate we engage in frequently in public and private with people to find ways to involve communities positively in looking for solutions. I recognise the challenges the Deputy faces.

On the question of whether there is a groundswell for action more generally, politicians have been saying to us for years that climate change does not come up on the doorsteps. I take their word for it, but our response - and I do not mean it tritely - is that banking regulation did not come up on the doorsteps in 2002 or even in 2007. The challenge for leaders, as people with a far greater awareness of what is going on than people who are struggling through the challenges of daily life, is to take on board the evidence of an overheating planet, as evidence of an overheating economy should have been taken on board, and to act on behalf of all of us.