Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Lord Deben is very welcome. Simply speaking, when people build their houses, in Ireland or anywhere, much thought and effort has to be put into those homes and people are happy with the outcome until they live in those houses for a while. If there was then a second change, they would do many things differently. From his experience, and because Ireland is a phase behind the UK, if Lord Deben was on this side of the table with a second chance on climate change policy, what different directions would he like to see taken?

If he had a blank page from which to work in the context of the UK Committee on Climate Change, are there any directions Lord Deben might have taken or any issues he might revisit?

Agriculture was mentioned. Ireland never had an industrial revolution. The reason our percentage of agricultural emissions is so high in the overall context is that we did not have the heavy industries that Britain did. From a transport perspective, a person in London might never put his or her head up from the underground but we do not have the same public transport facilities here. With those two perspectives in mind - agriculture and transport - we are starting from a different position. If he had a second chance, and having looked at our model, is there any different approach Lord Deben might have taken?