Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I know it is not really relevant, but should they not also be looking at embodied emissions in their purchasing of vehicles and their construction of buildings? With the sort of thing that comes up in the circular economy, one starts to look at the wider impact, which gives a somewhat more rounded view of what we are trying to achieve, compared to the narrow inventory of direct emissions.