Dara O'Brien
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What I'd say, the Climate Act firstly has been a really good basis for us to work on because without the Climate Act, I don't believe a lot of these measures would have been taken.
Some may have been, right?
So that's the basis firstly.
Second thing is, though, every single year a Climate Action Plan is published.
That takes about a half a year to do.
That adds additional actions on top of other actions that have not been delivered.
And I want to focus this on the most impactful measures.
I've discussed this with the Climate Change Advisory Council as well.
And to have a slimmed-down climate action plan that people, one, can understand, and two, might even read.
The problem at the moment is, if I was to ask...
you know, nine out of 10 people out in the street or ask 10 people out in the street, have they actually looked at or read the climate action plan of 25 or of 24?
I put it to you, the vast, vast majority would have not at all.
Well, I don't know.
I think, David, I think you might give me that one that I don't know whether if that far, you know, there'd be very few people that it even impacts upon the reporting.
What we need to do, though, is to make it more understandable.
So what I'm going to bring forward is
a very focused climate action plan, 426, which will be the basis of our climate action plans going forward, looking at the most impactful measures, the actions we should be taking that are going to get us the best outcomes and the most effective outcomes.
No, we're one of very few airports in Europe at all that have a cap.
The cap is an inhibitor to economic growth and to connectivity.
I campaigned on the basis of removing the cap at Dublin Airport.