Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to start with some of the facts presented in Comptroller and Auditor General's special chapter and in his opening statement. On the non-ETS targets, he stated,“On the basis of projections that Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions for the period 2008 to 2012 would exceed the level committed to under the Kyoto Protocol". That happened but, as he also stated: "Ultimately, Ireland met its emissions target for that period, but mainly due to the contraction in economic activity".

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