Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion

Photo of Seán CanneySeán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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To answer that question in the simplest way possible, in 20 years' time, we may be extracting gas out of which we take carbon before we use it. Those technologies is being looked at currently. I cannot speak of the advancements we will have in technologies in 20 years' time, but my and the Government's actions are to try to ensure that we meet the targets for 2030 and 2050 based on a managed transition which will be fair to everybody in society.