Ms Karen Egan:

I thank the Deputy. The EPA reports definitely highlighted the challenges Ireland faces as we seek to meet our ambitious targets. To reverse the current trajectory of emissions and meet our 2030 and 2050 targets, a significant shift would be required in the speed at which all sectors roll out and ramp up the measures and actions that will decarbonise our economy. Following the sectoral ceilings in the carbon budgets being legally adopted, the design and the structure of the next climate action plan will be implementing the sectoral ceilings. In the process of our negotiations with the other Departments in fleshing out the next climate action plan, we will be doing a lot of analysis on the actions and measures to achieve the targets. It is to that process that we will be working out the pathways to hit the target ranges.