Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I take the opportunity to commend the Department officials on the sterling, incredible work they did in the last two weeks at COP. They are a credit to the Minister and Minister of State, to the Department, the Oireachtas, the country and the EU. They have shown the power of small countries as well. The influence this country has on the international stage is a point the Minister makes frequently, but we saw evidence of that in Egypt. It was a historic agreement and a first step towards addressing this key issue of loss and damage.

I welcome the Minister of State's answer. He said Ireland's focus will be on the adaptation. The challenge is so vast but we are going in the right direction now. Back in 2015, €100 billion was pledged by 2020. For context, that is 37 days' worth of profits for the oil and gas industry if we take an average over the past 50 years.

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