Mr. Noel Cahill:

Interim targets have been set by the EU as part of the climate package. The annual targets that must be met if the overall target of securing a 20% reduction by 2020 is to be achieved are graphed in the report. I suppose it can be described as a straight-line reduction.

A straight line defines the path of the targets. Each path in that projection is in itself a binding target. Depending on how well we do, for the first year or two our emissions will be lower than the target. There are annual interim targets to be met.