Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am joining late. I am sorry that I did not get in earlier in the first round. The heat study announced today showed that Ireland is doing poorly when it comes to renewable energy and heat. That is concerning, especially when the climate action plan was just laid down. As the Chair said, there will be a greater reliance on LNG globally. The programme for Government states that the Government will not invest in more LNG. We need to ensure that we do not go down the wrong route as we deal with these crises. We can clearly see that Ireland has the natural resources. Will the witnesses comment on what we can do with regard to the heat study and how these regulations will help us to get to where we need to be? We have a concern about the EU taxonomy, which we have raised with the Minister for Finance. We are concerned that it may benefit those investing in fossil fuel industries and create a relatively difficult financial situation for those involved in renewable sources. We may be getting further away from our targets.