Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Okay. We will finish up. It has been a very interesting session. We touched on so much, and yet I feel we have only scratched the surface of the challenge. It is immense. It is important to point out how serious this issue is, which the witnesses did in volume 1 of their publication. This came across in their opening statement. They have made a very good effort to point the way forward as well, and this is so important. The session today effectively highlighted some of the major gaps still existing in all of our thinking around the challenge we face with climate change. It has been a fantastic session and I could ask questions for hours. We will, therefore, have the witnesses come back to the committee, and, hopefully, sooner rather than later. I hope they will take things a bit forward.

As a final question, this report has been completed but what is next for this group, perhaps, in terms of research? I know all the witnesses are doing their individual research, but what should we be looking to as politicians for the next seminal piece of work from academics to inform us?