Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a question about tackling the climate emergency and how that relates to the witnesses' projections in the introduction to their submission and their path to the goal of 0.7% in 2030. We are moving towards the business end of these projections. The witnesses present the path in what appears to be a reasonable manner but it does illustrate the job Government must do between now and 2030, which is really significant. Having regard to the witnesses' projected increase, where stands the provision of the €225 million per year of climate finance to developing countries by 2025? Is that included in the projections or is it separate money? Where does the €225 million to which the Taoiseach referred stand within the new loss and damage finance stream? Is it part of that? Are we looking at a new stream in addition to that which has been committed by the Taoiseach in the context of loss and damage? It is the desire of this committee that not only would Ireland be represented at COP27 in Cairo by a high-level delegation but that would include the Taoiseach.