Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it is but it will be in five-year slices and Departments will know what tonnage they must abate in each period.

Where it is identified that we are falling short and a cost falls on the Exchequer, the cost of purchasing credits will not appear in my budget but in the relevant line budget. Where the shortfall came from will be more visible to Deputy Sherlock and others who are looking at the numbers.