Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage
4:15 pm
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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We have very clear written instructions on our targets to be met by 2020. I hope that post what will happen in Paris we will have targets to be met by 2030. The targets are very clear. Let us remember that plans are made every five years. In terms of the nitty-gritty, they can be altered as we move along. I will also have to make statements and every Minister will have to be accountable for his or her actions under this provision. Ultimately, that is where the matter lies. I have outlined clearly why I believe it is impossible to go the way the Deputy has advocated.