Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Mr. Sebastian Barnes:
It would probably be necessary to have many strands in the project. Multidisciplinary work would also be needed. I should make a pitch for international organisations as well. For example, I refer to the recent report from the International Energy Agency. It has really strong expertise on the link between production and energy use and output of emissions. It is unlike anything we have done before and it is a real challenge for the tools we have, so we may have to develop new ones. It will require all hands to the pump.