Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 July 2020
64. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the extent to which the budget of his Department is adequate to meet the costs of the targets set in respect of his Department in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16201/20]
View answerThe Programme for Government - Our Shared Future - sets out the Government's response to the significant challenges facing the country. My Department is central to many of the transformative changes envisaged and commitments to be delivered over the five year lifetime of the Programme for Government include:
- A National Clean Air Strategy
- Seeking to accelerate the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan
- Achieving an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030
- Delivering a National Aggregated Model of Retrofitting reaching over 500,000 homes by 2030
- Developing a major drive to realise the immense potential of Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Sector
- Enacting the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill 2020
- Completing and implementing a major Waste and Circular Economy Action Plan.
My Department is working to finalise the budget allocation for my Department for 202, which will be published in Revised Estimates later this year. Allocations for 2021 and future years will be agreed as part of the annual Estimates process and published in the Revised Estimates Volume, subsequent to each Budget Day.
