Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 September 2023
84. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 3 May 2023, the status of the development of the updated long-term strategy on greenhouse gas emissions reductions; the timeline for publication of the updated strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/23]
View answerIreland’s current Long-term Strategy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions was approved by Government in April 2023 and subsequently published on gov.ie.
The current strategy has been shaped by cross-departmental input and responses received to an extensive public consultation in 2019. In my response to your Parliamentary Question of 3 May 2023, I indicated that my Department would shortly launch a second consultation on the strategy, in light of the significant climate policy developments that have taken place over recent years. This public consultation was launched on 19 May 2023, and ran for seven weeks. At the same time, I consulted further with Government Ministers and the Climate Change Advisory Council.
Members of the public, organisations, companies, advisory bodies and Government colleagues, among others, have provided an array of valuable and instructive feedback through this latest consultation. This input has provided the basis for updating the current Strategy. My Department is currently preparing the updated Strategy and is on track to complete this process by the end of the year, as committed to in the Annex of Actions that accompanied Climate Action Plan 2023 and in line with my response to the aforementioned Parliamentary Question, of 3 May.
The updated Strategy will conform to the requirements of both EU and national law and, as such, will be the first national long-term climate strategy to be prepared in line with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts 2015 to 2021.
