Ann Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of the national mitigation plan relates to how to achieve emission reductions, not to how much of a reduction should be achieved. It would be out of place, therefore, to include quantified emission reduction figures in the national mitigation plan. Each successive national mitigation plan must abide by our legally binding mitigation obligations. In any event, specifying projected total national emissions after each succession plan is implemented would be redundant. For that reason, I cannot support these amendments.

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