Ivana Bacik
Ceist:3. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [60879/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 14 December 2022
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Freagraí scríofa
The Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change oversees the implementation of the ambitious Programme for Government commitments in relation to the environment and climate change.
The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 sets out Ireland’s key climate change commitments. It sets challenging carbon reduction targets for the period to 2030 and a statutory commitment of achieving a climate neutral economy by 2050.
Following approval of the carbon budget programme by the Houses of the Oireachtas in April, sectoral emission ceilings determining the upper limits of greenhouse gas emissions for all sectors have been agreed by Government, save for the Land Use Sector, which requires further analytical work to be undertaken.
Agreed policies and measures designed to ensure that sectors quickly and significantly reduce their emissions have been set out in the Climate Action Plan 2021.
Extensive work is underway across Government Departments to prepare the updated Climate Action Plan.
The Cabinet Committee first met on 30 July 2020 and has met on a total of 15 occasions, most recently on 27 October 2022. The next meeting of the Cabinet Committee has not yet been scheduled.
Question No. 4 answered with Question No. 1.