Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 2 Apr 1998

Vol. 489 No. 5

Written Answers. - Kyoto Protocol.

Jackie Healy-Rae

Question:

116 Mr. Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the steps, if any, he will take at EU Council level to ensure that the protocol loopholes are closed off at COP4 in Buenos Aires in November 1998; and that these loopholes will not be used by the Irish Government regardless of COP4 results. [8472/98]

Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Dempsey)

I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 207 and 213 on 17 February 1998.