Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Dr. Kevin Hanrahan:
No. We had three scenarios in the MACC. Scenario 1 was the baseline policy as currently set up and then we had two other scenarios, one with a higher level of economic activity and one with a lower level of economic activity. Most of the discussion in the document is about the central scenario, the reference scenario, but two other scenarios were run with all the MACC measures applied. Of course, with a lower level of economic activity in the sector, less money being made but fewer animals, and less fertiliser being spread, emissions are, as one would expect, lower.
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