Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is it. I thank the Department officials again. This has been an engaging and interesting session. If I may say, some members expressed concern about the Department’s remit and the country staying on track in respect of its climate targets. Notwithstanding all the fantastic work the Department is doing, we have to be sure that the sector follows that path to 2030 and the overall 50% society-wide cut in carbon emissions. The session today was helpful and gives us much food for thought. We hope to have the Minister before us in the coming weeks. We will have the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ryan, in on Thursday morning for the first in our series of meetings with the relevant Ministers. It is part of our role under the climate legislation to hold Ministers to account for progress in the context of the climate action plan.

We will adjourn now and meet later today in private session.