Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take the point Ms O'Brien made. I take the point that these proposals have been there since July, but the one worry I have goes back to Ms von der Leyen's address to the EU in September when she spoke about the issue of reduction of targets and the revision of EU climate and energy legislation. Today is a positive in that we are having a transparent and open discussion about us as a country, and Europe, stepping up to their 2030 climate ambition, which is about investing in a climate-neutral future that we all support. I am a big believer in the middle-of-the-road and bringing people with you approach. From our perspective, and I know we say Ireland is well placed, how stands Ireland in the context of the Fit for 55 package? Where are we in terms of the EU and the wider world? We are an island nation that is very much dependent upon connectivity, as we all know. Is there any provision or allowance made for that from a European perspective, given our island nation status?