Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am not at all an expert on this, but I have often listened to Deputy Eoin Ó Broin talking about carbon in the construction industry. On embodied carbon, Professor Kinnane stated that "a success story for carbon emissions in the built environment is evident in a reduction in cement related emissions in the industrial process category, although this is primarily related to a reduction in production levels." Is that to say there has been a reduction in the production of cement across the board or is it due to alternative methods being used? I think today is the first time I have ever heard the word "clinker" used; it is another school day for me. Is it that we are not building enough? Why has there been a reduction?