Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Let me try to answer to the best of my ability. The climate action plan indicated that if we did nothing, we would be 58 million tonnes off target by the end of the decade. The purpose of the climate action plan was to get us back on a track where we would wipe out that deficit. That plan has been published and, roughly speaking, it indicates a 3.5% annual reduction in our emissions. It allocates them to each sector, with specific measures outlined as to how the reductions will be delivered. Regarding the detailed modelling to be done by the EPA, it is now doing that and it will take the actions set out in the climate action plan and verify the impact they will have.

The modelling we did was to the best of our ability. We looked at the various sectors. It is based on robust figures. Teagasc, for example, has done enormous work in the area of agriculture. If one looks at the plan, one will see the measures. Of course, the cost issue depends on how one tackles-----

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