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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department would examine the matter of bringing CIÉ 1951 pension scheme entitlements onto a more stable footing that would allow for an unfreeze on pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35017/25]

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: The next speaker is Deputy Ó Cearúil.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Do the witnesses have any comment on the Bill? No. Okay. I call the next speaker, Senator Noonan.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Sorry, Senator. You are way over time.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I will let you back in. I call Deputy Daly.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Apologies have been received from Deputy Réada Cronin. No. 1 on the agenda is engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council, CCAC, on carbon budgets, which is the purpose of our meeting today. The carbon budget represents the total amount of emissions that may be emitted in the State in the five-year period, measured in tonnes of CO2 equivalent, under the Climate Action and Low...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I believe Mr. Hussey wants to make a quick comment.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: To be fair, I am trying to give the witnesses a chance. You have asked a lot of broad questions.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Is there a question for the witnesses?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: If I take it we are happy that the model has been improved, what about the charge, which I have heard a few times, that we are not taking equity in global efforts into account in the model? In layman's terms, it sounds as if based on our history, we may have an historical debt to do more based on what we have done or how we have performed in the past. What is the CCAC's assessment of that?...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: As people have indicated that they want to come in again, we will do another round, with three minutes per individual. I remind members that the primary consideration from Dáil Éireann's perspective is 2031 to 2035 and 2036 to 2040. The period from 2026 to 2030 is set in stone. The climate advisory committee is proposing a change for the period from 2031 to 2035 and it is...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Perhaps we can follow it up.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Is that okay?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: A few members have indicated they wish to come in again. As this is an important topic, I will allow members who want to speak again two minutes each as a final round.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Part of what the committee has been asked to do is to scrutinise the work of the Climate Change Advisory Council and what it puts forward, which is what we have done today. Several issues have arisen. Questions have been asked about the move away from the Paris test to a temperature neutrality test, the rationale for it and changing the model. The onus is on the CCAC to respond, not right...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I appreciate that and I thank Ms Donnelly. I propose that we publish the opening statement on the committee's website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: If we could have that included in the paper it would be great. I thank Ms Donnelly, chairperson, for joining online, and Mr. Hussey, secretariat manager, and Ms Gallagher, who leads the carbon budget team, for being in the committee room. We appreciate their attendance. The joint committee will now adjourn until 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 2 July when the committee will meet in public session...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: As a layperson, I am very reliant on the technical work that the CCAC does in formulating carbon budgets and its models, including all the assumptions that underpin that work. I read the report. With the last budget that was submitted in 2022, give or take, effectively the committee just accepted the budget. It did a lot of other good work but it really accepted the budget that the CCAC...