Mr. Conor O'Neill:

If we are going to close the session, may I briefly thank the committee again for its engagement on this? It is not a given that there would be engagement with this level of detail hours before COP is due to kick off. We genuinely believe that it mattered when the committee weighed in strongly last year and asked the Government to push the issue of loss and damage funding and to act on it. It was no accident that Ireland then played a key role in the negotiations. If it were useful, in either a formal committee session or in a meeting with members individually or as a group, we would be really happy to come back after the COP negotiations close to discuss what was or was not agreed on loss and damage funding and fossil fuels and to try to make our case as to what the measures agreed internationally mean for Ireland. I believe everyone would make themselves available if time were to be given at some point.