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

I thank my constituency colleague in the Chair for her generosity.

This question refers to an interesting report, which I am sure the Minister has seen, from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI. The authors showed that if we measured our consumption, including the vehicles we buy and the goods we import for buildings, our carbon footprint would be 75% higher than it is on the activity measure that is in conformity with Paris. I am interested to hear the Minister's view on the policy implications of this, particularly in areas like construction, travel and so on.

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