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

To get the transformational shift, however, it seems as though we have to set targets we do not know how to get to, and that is what is happening here. We have set a 51% target for emissions and no one knows exactly how we are going to get there. Is the court cutting any slack for those who are setting the targets, bearing in mind the enormous uncertainty? If we say we are going to do something for which we know all the data, it is much more of an "aha" moment if the target is missed than is the case in this arena.