Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have no questions. We have had a good long session. I tuned in during my commute to Leinster House. The discussion was incredibly interesting. There is much food for thought. What I have taken from it is that politicians, public representatives and media have a significant role to play particularly in trying to remove much of the tension and fraught debate from many of these issues. While it is easier said than done, we need to try to avoid political exploitation and headlines in the media. As someone said earlier, there is definitely a tendency to pit a sustainable agenda against rural agenda.

The Chairman has repeatedly stated that people in rural and urban areas want these emissions targets to be reached. They want to have a cleaner planet. They want to reduce emissions and reduce global warming. Quite often, politicians and the media slip into this narrative of rural against urban and the Greens against others. People get what I am saying. That is certainly what I take from this incredibly interesting discussion. I have no further questions because I think the members have given the witnesses a good grilling.