Well, it is correct. We need to lead by public example in the public service. I also agree with Deputy Ó Laoghaire. The public service has to lead by putting solar panels on our buildings and particularly schools. I will follow this up with other Deputies but I would say that the Port of Cork, more than any other place, with the Shannon Estuary probably second, is where we would see huge potential in developing this offshore wind. That is not only on the energy generation side but also the application of that to de…

No one seeks to divide or to speak down.

I do not mean any disrespect.

I am stating the reality of what we can do.

The reality of what we can do is what we are doing. Some 400 houses a month now, which has gone up from 170 a month last year, are part of the warmer home scheme. We clear that backlog. That is practical and real. It is happening in the midlands.

It is happening particularly in the midlands because that is area we targeted first in terms of retrofitting.

It is happening.

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has a role in meeting what we have set out in retrofit; that will be key. To Deputy Murnane O'Connor, we will deliver that bus service for Carlow. To Deputy Alan Farrell, it is not just Shannon and Cork harbours although they will be the centres of development. The other area where the offshore wind will come ashore first is in Dublin. That will require significant investment in upgrade of the grid in Dublin which will not be without its challenges but it will also guaran…

----- but at every stage in this process we are using the joint committee which Deputy Leddin chairs in the same way we did in the last Dáil.

Committees are critically important. The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action more than any other committee -----

-----or agency has had huge impact on the development of climate policy in this country over the past five years. If we can do that in the same way in the next five years we will meet these challenging budgets and targets. When Deputy Fitzmaurice says that we will not go offshore until 2032 that is not good enough and those timelines are too long.

What we are going to have to do, not only to meet our climate targets but also to respond to this energy crisis, which stems from our reliance on fossil fuels, is to accelerate sustainable mobility, the retrofitting of our buildings and projects offshore so the energy starts to come onshore in 2026 and 2027 rather than 2032. Everything we are going to do in the remaining three years of this Government will be to make that a reality.

The benefit for us as a country is we are not paying for expensive-----

-----imported fossil gas.

I want to finish. I wanted to get to every Deputy and I am fearful I might have left one out. I think Deputy Fitzmaurice had the last word. These budgets set the ambition. Returning to what Deputy Paul Murphy asked: are the budgets in line with the science? We set up the CCAC with the best climate scientists in our country. They are the ones who set this incredibly challenging leap we must make. We know every other country in the world is going to be trying to do it at the same time. We can, and will, be good at th…

-----it as an opportunity for economic advantage in order to protect our incomes and deliver social justice and a just transition at the same time.

That is what these carbon budgets allow us to do.

I oppose the amendment.

No.

The war in Ukraine is central to this crisis, obviously, but it started before that. There is a similar cause. From early last year, the Russian Government started to turn off the gas supply to Europe. Europe is at historically low levels in gas storage because of that decision. We saw those high gas prices last year and responded in the budget with increases in social welfare and other provisions to protect people because, like Sinn Féin, we can see this as an existential crisis for the people in our country. We d…