Professor John FitzGerald:

The first question was on the trajectory. That is for the Oireachtas committee to determine. We will suggest €35 per tonne to suggest the urgency that we have missed out. However, it may well be that sharp rises would be less acceptable. Provided there is a trajectory laid out by the Oireachtas for the future, it should have an impact. If it was €6 per tonne every year, and that was agreed by the Oireachtas with reasonable certainty that it would happen in future, then that is fine. The trajectory over time is important rather than the precise number.

The second point from Deputy Doherty was that €400-----