Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will go back to the question of thinking forward to 2050. I would like to look at the amendment included in Dr. Deane's paper. I refer to point 12 on the need to be more ambitious. I think we all agree that rather than aiming for an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050, we need to be more ambitious. Complete decarbonisation will be needed sooner than 2050. There is political consensus from the Taoiseach down that if we are to adhere to the Paris Agreement, targets like the 80% target are now out of date. Am I correct that Dr. Deane's paper assumes that if we are to be more ambitious to comply with the Paris Agreement, there will be no use of gas - certainly not in power generation - within two or three decades? If gas is to be used, it will have to be accompanied by carbon capture and storage, CCS, capabilities. The carbon dioxide that comes from the use of gas would be stored. Is that a fair summary?