Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

More or less, that is what you would do. The bottom line is that the most recent emissions inventory report from April of this year shows a reduction of 6.8% in Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in 2023. That is compared with 2022, which saw a 1.9% reduction. This is the lowest our greenhouse gas emissions have been in three decades, so the Government is making progress. The Deputy may argue that it is not to the level we need to get there by 2030. However, the impact on society is significant. Let us not underestimate that. We have to bring people with us. The most effective thing we can do is with renewables. The various NGOs that people quote are invariably proposing a tax on wind farms. There will be objections to wind farms, environmental assessments for wind farms and requests for further information, which there have been and which will delay some of them by a further 18 months.

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