Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 February 2022
183. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach the status of the actions as set out in the Climate Action Plan 2021 in the areas of just transition, carbon pricing, electricity, enterprise, built environment, the National Retrofit Plan, transport, agriculture, land use, circular economy and adaptation. [4307/22]
View answerThe Climate Action Plan 2021 sets a roadmap for taking decisive action across society to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% below 2018 levels by 2030, achieve climate resilience and a climate neutral economy no later than 2050, as committed to in the Programme for Government.
The Plan and associated Annex of Actions identify where necessary emissions reductions can be achieved and set out a series of actions and measures to reach these targets. Departments and Agencies are given responsibility to lead in executing these measures and timelines for their delivery have been set.
The Climate Action Plan 2021 was published on 4 November 2021 and was followed by the publication of the Annex of Actions on 14 December 2021.
My Department has responsibility for periodic reporting on the implementation of measures committed to under the Plan and its Annex. The first such report under the Climate Action Plan 2021 will address measures due to be completed in Quarter 1 2022, the first full quarter since the Plan’s publication in December, and will also report on measures that were due to be completed in Quarter 4 of 2021.
My Department’s most recently compiled quarterly report of the delivery of climate actions, based on interim actions agreed pending the publication of Climate Action Plan 2021, was published in December 2021 and is available on my Department’s website: www.gov.ie/en/publication/55fde-climate-action-important-publications/.
This report contains the most recently compiled updates from Departments on climate action measures, including in those areas listed in the Deputy’s question, that they were tasked with delivering in the period up to the end of September 2021.
Any request for updates on the areas listed in the Deputy’s question outside the reporting intervals outlined above should be directed to the responsible Minister.
