Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed)

11:00 am

Mr. Greg Muttitt:

I thank members for their questions and comments. I thank Mr. Scheer for his clarification on the data. They were obtained from the data portal on the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, website, which I assume is up to date. I thank him for the clarification that some new policies are yet to be incorporated in the data. From my limited understanding of the policies, they will lead to a small reduction in emissions, although that has yet to be modelled, as Mr. Scheer stated. As Deputy Ryan pointed out, the projections for the "with additional measures" scenario to 2030 show an increase from current levels, although it is relatively small.