Mr. Ross Fitzpatrick:

Friends of the Earth are probably better placed to comment on this than we are. Our call is for Ireland to endorse the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. There is no treaty text that yet exists, as far as I understand. We are calling for political endorsement of the idea to develop such a treaty. That is a pretty low-bar risk, rather than securing the State's legal entry into any new international agreement. It will take time. It is not going to solve the issue overnight. International treaties take years, sometimes decades, to negotiate. It is something we are looking for Ireland to endorse, at the very least.