Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2019
566. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of 11 high-level interdepartmental teams that will develop actions to step up Ireland’s response to climate change in the context of the all-of-Government climate plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6266/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am leading on the development of an all of government plan which will set out the actions which must be taken in every government department and body. The central ambition of this plan will be to make Ireland a leader in responding to climate change.
I am working with colleagues across government to develop new initiatives across electricity, transport, heat, as well as a range of other sectors. As part of that work, the following eleven cross-government teams have been established to develop new actions to step up Ireland’s response to climate change in a range of key areas which require action across government:
- biomass, renewable heat, and combined heat and power;
- carbon pricing;
- climate action networks;
- decarbonising buildings;
- electric vehicles and compressed natural gas station networks;
- emissions reduction pathways in the agriculture sector;
- forestry;
- just transition;
- making the public service a leader;
- micro-generation; and
- offshore renewables.
