Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Carbon Budget: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Ciarán AhernCiarán Ahern (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I thank all the witnesses for coming into us today and giving us the benefit of their expertise. I apologise for being late. I will follow up on what Professor McMullin has said and the views he raises. The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, has been in before this committee previously on the topic of the Paris test versus temperature neutrality. The Minister said he has not formed a full view on it yet. Have any of the witnesses had an opportunity to make their case directly to the Minister? Have they been offered that opportunity or are they aware? That is my first question. Has the Minister spoken to any of the witnesses about this? No. Okay. We will raise that directly with the Minister.

Are the witnesses aware of any other EU country that is proposing to change its methodology in the same way as us?