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Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for giving his presentation. He mentioned that Marie Donnelly said something in her public commentary. Has she said something different in her private commentary?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: The Minister accepts that we are not on target and will not meet the 2030 targets. Every expert organisation, including the EPA, SEAI and the CCAC, says we are not going to make them but are going to blow past them. The Minister will accept it is essential that we follow the science on this. I think he would accept that, would he?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Yes, but the Minister said himself that we are not on track.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Does he accept we are not going to meet them in 2030?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: The Minister is saying he thinks there is a chance we might meet the 2030 targets.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: It is "Yes" or "No". Does he think we will, or we will not?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: He is here to answer questions, so will he answer it?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: He thinks we might.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Okay. There is a target of 51% reduction in emissions, but the projections are that we will only secure between 8.8% and 23%. I think the plans are more of the same. I know the Minister is not quite giving us a clear answer, but there are potential penalties if we do not hit these targets. It has been said it could be anything between €10 billion and €20 billion. Does the...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: That is 40 seconds.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: He offered to put it in context within 30 seconds.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Is the Minister considering that we may have the fines for not meeting the targets? Is he taking that into account?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: He is considering that there could be fines.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: He is building that in. The Minister mentioned EVs in his opening statement. We are way short of the 100,000 target on EVs. We are way short on the number of EVs on the road at this stage. I think the Minister would accept that. On heat pumps the targets are also way back. Does he accept that the way it has been sold has made it more difficult for people on lower incomes to access EVs...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister accept that the plan that has been there to date with rural areas and lower incomes has not really worked?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: There was a big drop in 2024.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: The Minister mentioned earlier the fracked gas legal advice. Who wrote that legal advice?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Who wrote it?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Will the Minister provide us with a copy of that?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: The Minister kind of gave the impression earlier that fines for failing to meet the 2030 targets may not be an issue, but they are quite clearly set out under various sections by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. Under the effort-sharing regulation, fines range between €5 billion to €16 billion. Under the land use change and forestry regulation, fines ranging from €1.6...