Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 November 2021
350. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the decarbonised zones project; when decarbonised zones will be approved, guidelines issued and when the steering committee structures will be outlined considering that deadlines for submission was 21 April 2021. [54691/21]
View answerBoth the Climate Action Plan 2019 and Interim Climate Action Plan included an objective for Local Authorities to identify and develop Decarbonising Zones. My Department issued a circular to local authorities on 10 February 2021 asking each local authority to identify a decarbonising zone and to provide a broad outline of the main projects that could be implementable in the decarbonising zone plus an indication as to the potential outcomes deliverable in terms of reductions in carbon emissions.
As responsibility for Climate Mitigation measures rests with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, it is for that Department to oversee the development of the Decarbonising Zones and the funding of the required measures.
