On the same issue, the EPA stated that even if every measure in the Government's climate action plan was implemented, the reduction in emissions would only be 29% by 2030. As the Taoiseach knows, the legally binding target is 51%. We are no closer to meeting our targets than we were 12 months ago. His colleague Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications was on the defensive yesterday. He was annoyed that members of the Opposition were reading from the EPA report and quoting it accurately. We all know that the consequences of this failure will be catastrophic, particularly for rural and coastal communities. It will also expose us to multibillion euro fines from the EU, billions of euro which could be used to take climate action to retrofit homes across the country, restore biodiversity and improve water quality. Instead, the Government is going to throw that opportunity away. The biomethane plan is welcome but it will not bring us up to 51%. Has the Government any plan or intention to reach our legally binding targets?

We have every plan and intention and as you said it is a legally binding target. That is why a debate in this House would be timely on that. While I accept we have a gap to close, any fair analysis of the EPA report would show that we are now on track to reduce emissions by almost 30%. Prior to this Government, we were increasing our emissions by 10% a year. To the credit of sectors of the economy, society and the public sector, we are now in a position whereby we are on track to very significantly reduce emissions. We have a climate tipping point. This is not something that will happen in the future. We need to get to 51%. It is our legal requirement to get 51% and we will work across this House on that. We can come back to some of these issues during the debate as I do not have time now, but we are taking, and proposing to take, a number of actions that will bring that figure beyond 29% or 30%. We are very eager to engage with the Opposition on how we get to 51%.