Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 May 2014
130. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which Ireland remains on course to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction target for the period 2013 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19888/14]
View answerI refer to the reply to Question No. 276 of 3 December 2013 in which I stated that, for the period 2013 to 2020, Ireland has an ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction target under the 2009 EU Effort-Sharing Decision (406/2009/EC).
I remain satisfied that Ireland is on course to comply with the annual mitigation trajectory in the first half of this compliance period. An immediate focus of the national road-mapping process set out in the National Policy Position on climate action and low-carbon development which I announced on 23 April 2014 will be the compliance challenge in the years 2017 to 2020. The low-carbon road-mapping process is ongoing and I intend to release the first draft of the 2050 National Low-Carbon R oadmap, together with a draft Strategic Environment al Assessment, for open consultation later this year.
