Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the submissions. We are now living in a world where policymakers are routinely setting targets without having a very clear picture of the policy tools that can be deployed to deliver them. The Act is clearly the product of that level of uncertainty. I am interested to know, since much of the focus is on whether we are trying to pick winners or have left out other promising technologies, if it is feasible for the EU to take a different approach whereby instead of having a defined list, there would be a more flexible arrangement where technologies could come in and out of the list, depending on some identified factors. It seems the probability of success, to take up what was said by the Amber representatives, is clearly lower with some technologies, including their potential for impact and cost of deployment. Is that more flexible arrangement a possible alternative way in order that we would not leave out bioenergy accompanied by carbon capture? That could come in, if certain ground rules to enter the list were established. Is that feasible or do we have to stick with this list-based approach?