Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The CSO collates the data it looks at. That is not climate change, per se. It looks at energy and fossil fuel usage across the country and CO₂ outputs in that context. The wider question the Deputy is asking is about everyone playing their part in reducing CO₂ emissions. I would say everyone in every country is grappling. Fingers have been pointed at particular sectors. Here, the agriculture sector in particular comes in for a lot of criticism. Personally, I do not think that is called for. Emissions from agriculture have decreased. It is the transport sector, of all sectors, that has the biggest hill to climb in reducing emissions. It is important, separate from the CSO, that we make sure we have evidence on our emissions in every sector. Every Department is tied in now, and there are binding targets for Ireland in that regard.