Ms Meabh Gallagher:

In the reporting, the council was explicit that the reduced complexity climate modelling has shown that given Ireland's historical contribution, if all other countries were to have emitted in line with Ireland's per capita emissions, we would be in a situation of 3.6°C warming. The council has been very transparent and explicit about that issue. In assigning a carbon budget to an individual country, there are significant moral considerations. The council has set out the judgment and the assumptions that have been made there.