10 Samh 2014, 11:30
Approval of the terms of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol will be on the agenda of the Select Sub Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht when it meets with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly TD tomorrow, Tuesday, 11th November 2014.
Michael McCarthy TD, Chairman of the Committee, said: “The amendment to the Kyoto Protocol establishing a second commitment period was agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar in December 2012. This ‘Doha Amendment’ establishes a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, starting on 1st January 2013 and ending on 31st December 2020, with legally binding emission reduction commitments. The EU and Member States agreed to participate in the second commitment period. Tomorrow, we will consider approval of the terms of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol with Minister Kelly.”
This meeting will start in Committee Room 4, Leinster House at 4pm tomorrow, Tuesday, 11th November 2014.
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Membership of the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Deputies: James Bannon TD (Fine Gael); Paudie Coffey TD (Fine Gael); Noel Coonan (Fine Gael) Leas-Chathaoirleach; Ruth Coppinger (Socialist Party); Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Fine Gael); Barry Cowen (Fianna Fáil); Kevin Humphreys TD (Labour); Michael McCarthy TD (Labour) Cathaoirleach; Sandra McLellan TD (Sinn Féin); Tony Mc Loughlin TD (Fine Gael); Michelle Mulherin TD (Fine Gael); Catherine Murphy TD (Independent); Gerald Nash TD (Labour); Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD; Brian Stanley TD (Sinn Féin).
Senators: Senator Cáit Keane (Fine Gael) Senator Denis Landy (Labour); An Seanadóir Fiach Mac Conghail (Neamhspleách); Senator Catherine Noone (Fine Gael); An Seanadóir Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fáil): Senator Ned O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil).