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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: -----on the calculations of methane.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: The point-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Yes, I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Okay. I thank the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: We must close that now as there are other witnesses joining us remotely who have been waiting in the lobby for the past 20 minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I had tried to get the Deputy in earlier. He can ask one question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Did Dr. Mitloehner catch that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank Dr. Mitloehner.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: No. I must close the session. We are miles over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calculation of Methane Emissions: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank our witnesses for a very enlightening discussion. They have done their best to stick to the agenda we had here today with regard to the calculation of methane emissions and how we can hopefully reduce them into the future. I propose to suspend the meeting briefly to bring in the witnesses for our next session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: The committee will now hear from the following witnesses: Professor Barry McMullin, Dublin City University, DCU, who is joined remotely by Mr. Paul Price, research assistant, DCU; Professor Peter Thorne, Irish Climate Analysis and Research Unit group, Maynooth University; and Dr Joeri Rogelj, reader in climate science and policy, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the professor for his statement and invite Professor Thorne to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Professor McMullin would like to comment as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I would appreciate if members could keep contributions to five minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: On the hard choices, we hear media reports this morning that one of the major countries in the EU is reintroducing fossil fuels to create energy. It makes one think. I call Deputy Carthy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I apologise to Deputy Browne. Professor Thorne wishes to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I ask the witnesses to provide brief responses. We are under time pressure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for a very enlightening discussion. I appreciate them taking the time out to attend, either physically or remotely. We greatly appreciate their input into the discussion and our understanding of the challenges that we face going forward. I propose to suspend the meeting for 30 minutes to allow members to get a break. When we reconvene, we will be joined by witnesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Jackie Cahill: In this session we will hear from officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to emission ceilings. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means that witnesses have...