I have never said we would be shelving any climate projects, but I did say we should not attempt to litigate our way out of climate change because we would divide society. We will develop a counter-reaction to the changes that are required to meet our climate change targets. Maybe I was picked up wrong, but I have been saying this for quite some time. The legal route will be the ruination of the consensus that we have created in society around the need to tackle climate change. That is the view I have. There are certain people out there who feel that it is all in the courts and that we should drag people kicking and screaming through the court system. I can guarantee the Deputy that will not work. It will not work in farming. We have to bring the farming community with us. They have a lifetime of involvement in the food production system. We have one of the most carbon-efficient food production systems in Europe and, indeed, the world.

Could the Taoiseach answer the question?

The challenge on the nitrates directive is to give us space and time to get it right, but not to undermine and ruin what is a very important industry to the country-----

The derogation has been in place for 20 years.

This is Leaders' Questions.

----but also to do it in a proper, effective way. That is the objective, and that is what I have been doing-----

I thank the Taoiseach. The time is up.

-----in my discussions with the present Commissioner. I know the Minister, Deputy Heydon, has also been doing so in his discussions.