Mr. Robert Watt:

This is the critical issue. If Deputy Ryan is correct when he says that the cost is €32, we should pursue all options that have a marginal abatement cost of less than €30. Somebody might come into this committee, say it will cost €25 to abate a tonne of carbon and claim that is expensive. That might look expensive, but it is cheaper than the compliance. That is the decision we have to take. That is the metric. This cannot be planned centrally within our system.