David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What I am putting to our guests is what the environmental experts are saying. They are saying 20% is not enough and that there are other alternatives on which we should be focused. My point is that the debate is changing, not just in this state but in the European Union also.

I move to carbon capture and storage, on which there has been a discussion. Deputy Dooley talked about the planning and infrastructure challenges presented. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, has said there is evidence to substantiate the claim that carbon capture and storage are cheap and competitive. Will our guests present the evidence which I have not seen to the committee? Can it be produced in written form because I do not think they will have time to present it here? Will they present the evidence that they are cheap and competitive? Does the process of carbon capture lead to a reduction in carbon emissions and, if so, how? Our guests might answer that question first and then, if they can, provide more detailed responses to the assertion that it is a cheap and competitive alternative.