Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
5:00 pm
Dr. John O'Neill:
This is based on a number of factors, including the price of carbon at a particular point in time when we are trying to reconcile if we are in compliance or not. That will be done beyond 2020. However, it is also related to forecasting because every time one looks ahead, one comes up with slightly different figures. It is very difficult to come up with figures.