Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Unfortunately, it is a big ship to be turned around, to adopt the terminology that has been used. Mr. Gleeson is not a captain, if we are going to go down the road of that language. Mr. Gleeson and his colleagues in the Department will need to be retrained. I do not mean that in a flippant way. We are all facing the same challenges in respect of climate change. What resources are available to the Department to meet the enormity of the challenge? I asked this question the last time the officials were present. Turning a ship around is an enormous task. What is available to the Department? I have looked at the range of subjects under its remit. It includes everything from forestry to the high seas. We are in the midst of climate change. It is quite legitimate of us to hammer the Department, for want of a better word, as we seek to hold it to its targets. What is available to the Department? Can it turn the ship around? What does it need to turn it around? I am going to come to the trees. I hope we might see the wood from the trees. We might need to see the tree from the woods at this point. I am confused.