Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Draft National Energy and Climate Plan: Discussion

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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I apologise. I am just going to say that I had asked about the next five years and Ms O'Neill gave a couple of good examples of areas that could be focused on. I was going to ask as well about whether there is an area where we need to stop doing things in the next five years. There is the low-hanging fruit or the thing that delivers most, which is one question, but the other question, though, for the next five years concerns areas where we, effectively, need to stop digging. Are there things we just need to put the brakes on, even if that is difficult to do in the next couple of years, to ensure we are not making things harder for ourselves in the longer term?