Professor Brian Ó Gallachóir:

To add one point, in Volume 2 on areas of future research, we call out that deep institutional innovation for sustainability is one that should be a focus. I am glad to report that since the report was published, we have secured funding from the EPA to start a research project in that space. That will look at some of the topics spoken about, not at that scale but at providing some additional new insights over the next three years in that space.

The acceleration of the measures that are in place is a key one. The Senator mentioned retrofitting as an example and asked about ideas in that regard. This is going beyond the specific report but it is one I often wondered about. With 400,000 households in receipt of various supports because of energy vulnerability and an ambition to fully fund the full retrofit of all of those by 2030, that would contribute not only to our emissions goals but also in terms of that kind of equity piece. Referring back to something that was mentioned earlier, it would lend itself more to this idea of building a national vision around sustainability that has the different elements of well-being and equity in it. That is just one idea.