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Climate Action Plan

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 June 2021

Thursday, 17 June 2021

Questions (253)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

253. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current and capital costs involved with each action item in the Interim Climate Action Plan under his Department’s responsibility. [32700/21]

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Written answers

The actions committed to in the Interim Annex of Climate Actions by my Department are broadly focused on ensuring that the tools and procedures in use across Government, such as the Public Spending Code and public procurement rules, take sufficient account of climate considerations.

The specific actions assigned to my Department include activities such as the progressive implementation of green budgeting reforms to promote and achieve improved environmental outcomes through the budgetary process; developing a methodology for assessing the potential climate and environmental impacts of each Government Departments’ capital investment proposals as part of the NDP review; and revising the shadow price of carbon applied to all Government investment appraisal to reflect the enhanced climate ambition set out in the draft Climate Action Bill, once the Bill is adopted.

The actions that fall under the Department’s responsibility in the Interim Climate Action Plan are being developed internally by my officials, with input from other Government Departments as appropriate and occasional specific support provided by vehicles like DG REFORM’s technical support instrument. As a result, my Department has incurred no costs, current or capital, in the development of these actions, save the allocation of the time of staff employed by my Department and no further costs are anticipated at this time.

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