Eoin Ó Broin
Question:436. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what Ireland's position is on the Net Zero Industrial Act regarding industrial planning. [27422/23]
View answerTuesday, 13 June 2023
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Ireland welcomes the European Commission’s focus on our shared objective to spur the technological innovation and industrial investment in the key technologies that will allow Europe and the world to transition to a net zero economy and society. Indeed, Ireland’s own White Paper on Enterprise to 2030, which the Government launched last December, aligns with the objectives and ambition of the EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan and the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) and places decarbonisation and climate change as key drivers and determinants of industrial policy.
We must be cognisant that greater investment and manufacturing capability for these strategic net-zero technologies is crucial for our decarbonisation objectives. As such, it is important that we also position ourselves to take advantage of the opportunities presented by this new EU Industrial policy direction.
My officials have been examining the NZIA as discussions continue at working party level. As part of this, my Department has engaged directly with officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH), which has policy responsibility for planning and, therefore, the relevant planning and permitting articles contained in the draft NZIA. More time is needed to examine how the expected outcomes, as they relate to planning and permitting in Ireland, can be successfully achieved. My officials will continue to engage with DHLGH as the discussions and negotiations evolve at a European level.