Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 8, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“(j) the need to promote sustainable consumption and production,

(k) the protection and promotion of public health,

(l) other benefits likely to arise from the transition to a low carbon economy,

(m) the protection of and restoration of biological diversity consistent with Ireland’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity 1992,

(n) the importance of ensuring coherence with national policy on overseas development.”.

In this amendment Deputy Catherine Murphy proposes to add to the requirements that must be met when the Government is preparing the national mitigation plan. The Bill sets out a number of requirement, but Deputy Catherine Murphy's amendment would make some good additions. She refers to the need to promote sustainable consumption and production; the protection of public health; other benefits that are likely to arise from the transition to a low carbon economy; the importance of biodiversity and the importance of ensuring coherence with national policy on overseas development. This clause would contribute to international solidarity on climate change and deal with how we might be contributing to climate change elsewhere.