Ms Laura Behan:

I will answer Deputy Dooley's question about who is in charge by explaining the architecture of the national climate mitigation policy. The overarching national mitigation plan, which is being developed by the Government, is being led and directed at Cabinet committee level by the Taoiseach and the key Ministers who are engaged in the process. Every sector within the Government will have to play its part in the effort to reach our national mitigation targets. The four key sectors in this regard are transport, agriculture, power generation and the built environment. The transport sector undoubtedly recognises that it needs to play a significant role by reducing transport emissions in order to contribute to the overall emissions reduction effort, which is a whole-of-Government effort. It is probably worthwhile to point out that we have achieved considerable success in reducing transport emissions. There was a reduction of over 25% in transport emissions between 2007 and 2013.