Written answers
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Legislative Programme
9:00 pm
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if drafting has begun on the Heads of Climate Bill promised in the roadmap for climate policy and legislation; and when this Bill will be published. [28550/12]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the promised climate law is a strong, effective tool in the transition to a more sustainable economy. [28551/12]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if drafting has begun on the heads of the Climate Bill promised in the Roadmap for Climate Policy and Legislation; when same will be published; and the way he will ensure that the law is a strong effective tool in the transition to a more sustainable economy. [28597/12]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 143, 144 and 156 together.
The programme for climate policy and legislation which I published on 23 January 2012 set out my approach to the development of national policy and legislation over an 18 month period. The principal milestones include:
- a public consultation (which ran from 29 February to 1 April 2012);
- in the second half of this year, the publication of an initial report by the NESC Secretariat on potential climate polices and measures, and the development of heads of a Climate Bill for consideration by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht following Government approval; and
- consideration of the final report by the NESC Secretariat and the heads of the Bill by the Committee in the first half of 2013.
As I indicated in the programme for climate policy and legislation, I will publish the heads of a Climate Bill in the fourth quarter of 2012.
In my presentation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on 15 December 2011, I set out my approach to ensuring that we develop the necessary policy mix to support an ambitious but realistic national direction towards a low-carbon future. I advised the Committee that robust institutional arrangements will be essential to support the decisions we make on the way forward, but a clear understanding of how we propose to meet our commitments and pursue our objectives is essential to identify an appropriate support structure.
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