Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank all our guests for attending for this very important discussion. We could probably take up an entire meeting with any one of the groups before us. Having them all here together means there is an awful lot of information. Just as this reflected in wider society, we are all having conversations about the potential and what we need to do, but there are myriad different routes we could go down. As the witnesses said, we do not want to pick winners. It is very hard to see who the winners are and who the losers will be in the long term. When we hear a discussion nationally about climate policy, wind energy comes up all the time as a major issue. We supposedly have an abundance of wind energy just waiting to be harnessed. We could use that in so many different ways, but, as well all know, it is not quite that simple. The witnesses have highlighted some of the issues with materials, etc.

Returning to the issue of net zero industry Act, Dr. Walker or Professor Morris might come in here. They mentioned the need for an impact analysis relating to the net zero industry Act, I presume covering who, what, why and when. Who is required to do that and how does that process occur?