That is so disingenuous from the Deputy, that she continually-----

-----seeks to exploit measures we have taken, which I accept are not popular but which are very important in dealing with the climate emergency facing the globe and this country.

The Deputy does not take anything as a "No". We have taken measures already to help people-----

-----who are on low incomes in terms of fuel poverty through the measures we have taken through the increased taxation.

I thank the Deputy for her comments but I have to say that she suffers from an abundance of negativity at times and seems to persistently want to undermine what are genuine and transformative decisions by this Government to step-change our response to climate change, which we have done through the climate action legislation, the establishment of the climate council in the plan and the carbon budgeting that will occur. On the global methane pledge, the Deputy is being somewhat disingenuous. She should read the pledg…

It is not Deputy Barry's turn. It emanates from coal mining, for example, and landfill, as well as agriculture. There are a variety of means. The pledge recognises that countries have varying methane emission profiles and reduction potential and that the energy sector globally has the greatest potential for targeted mitigation by 2030. That is why the US, which has partnered with Europe in this pledge, has singled out its oil and gas industry for particular measures in terms of leakages and so forth, and why Canada…

There are some fair points in terms of the delivery but it is absolutely important that we set the targets.

I am answering the questions. The Deputy stated that it is all well and good to set targets. It is not all well and good; it is vital to set targets----

-----because if we do not set targets, the investment community does not have the framework within which to change tack and invest in renewables and other spheres of activity and move away from fossil fuels and other activities that generate greenhouse gas emissions. That is a very important point and should not be dismissed.

For example, in terms of the public transport initiatives, we have in the national development plan provided the resources for the metro project and a whole range of other projects. It is time to consider how some people object to everything in this country-----

I am answering the questions. The Deputy spoke about the metro project and public transport. The biggest issue facing us in wind, for example - we nearly had a motion this week from the major party opposite on guidelines around wind-----

The biggest issue will be: are we prepared to allow offshore wind farms in this country-----

----and are we prepared to allow them properly-----

Yes. I am absolutely serious.

I made that clear yesterday. When we were in opposition as a party, we supported the carbon tax, for example, even though-----

-----it would have been far easier for us to oppose it as an Opposition party, like the current party opposite has done.

We have worked to be progressive on the issue for a number of years. I am very serious about it, because we simply do not have time-----

-----as a race, to hang around any longer without dealing with climate change. We have to do it.

I would prefer it if the Deputy was a bit more engaging and was an advocate for change, as opposed to nitpicking all the time.

The first point I would make is that the prism through which the Deputy sees climate change really is in the overall world view he has about what he calls the political establishment, and his perception of an elite capitalist caste that is responsible for all the ills in the world and for climate change itself. He believes that nobody else has a role to play. As he does with every other issue, the Deputy is using climate change to attempt to bring down what he calls the capitalist system in the world, even though i…