Dr. John O'Neill:

I wish to add to the points made because this is a key issue in terms of having a view from the local community on climate action and so forth. The programme for Government contains a commitment to having a national dialogue on climate change. This follows on from the mandate in the White Paper on energy with regard to having a national energy forum. This is something we are hoping to run with quite soon and, hopefully, it will have a long-term life. It will bring out, at local and regional level, the issues that are important to people, not just on the mitigation side with respect to low carbon but also on how we respond to the impacts of climate change and how we adapt to that at community and local level, which is really important.

Dr. Cotter might wish to add to that with regard to the work of the SEAI.