Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 November 2021
351. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the sources of funding for the planned decarbonised zone activity and the support for project managers to enable local authorities to support this significant new activity. [54692/21]
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.
There are as yet no specific funding streams identified for programmes of work to be undertaken in the identified decarbonising zones. As responsibility for Climate Mitigation measures rests with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, it is a matter for that Department to oversee the development of the Decarbonising Zones and the funding of the required measures.
