Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Is there not some crossover? When there are negotiations on fines or how we are doing, will there be cognisance taken or recognition of what we do on the emission trading system, ETS sector? In terms of national security, competitiveness and economic benefits, we should not just sanitise the whole ETS sector and say it is nothing to do with us; it is some market thing. We can make strategic decisions. It would help us in Europe in the wider negotiations if we were doing really well in the ETS by providing renewable power to the rest of Europe by switching away from fossil fuels. That will help us in our broad policy approach.