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

I move amendment No. 43:

In page 22, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“Reports on proposals and policies for meeting annual targets

18.(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after making an order under section 5(1)setting annual targets, the Minister shall lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report containing the information outlined in subsections (5)to (10).

(2) The Minister shall, before laying a report under this section before the Houses of the Oireachtas, lay a draft of the report before the Houses of the Oireachtas.

(3) The Minister may not lay the report before the expiry of the period for consideration by the Houses of the Oireachtas.

(4) In subsection (3), the “period for consideration by the Houses of the Oireachtas” means the period of 60 days, of which no fewer than 30 shall be days on which the Houses of the Oireachtas is not dissolved or in recess.

(5) The Minister shall, before laying the report before the Houses of the Oireachtas, have regard to—

(a) any representations on the draft report made to them,

(b) any resolution relating to the draft report passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas, and

(c) any report relating to the draft report published by any committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas for the time being appointed by virtue of standing orders.

(6) The Minister shall, when laying the report before the Houses of the Oireachtas, lay a statement setting out—

(a) details of any representations, resolutions or reports mentioned in subsection (5),

(b) the changes (if any) they have made to the report in response to such representations, resolutions or reports and the reasons for those changes.

(7) The Minister shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after laying a report under this section, and in so far as reasonably practicable, make a statement to the Houses of the Oireachtas relating to the report.

(8) The report shall, in particular, set out—

(a) the Minister’s proposals and policies for meeting the annual targets,

(b) how those proposals and policies are expected to contribute towards the achievement of the interim target, the 2050 target and, in each target year, the domestic effort target,

(c) the timescales over which those proposals and policies are expected to take effect.

(9) The report shall also set out the Minister’s proposals and policies regarding the respective contributions towards meeting the annual targets that should be made by—

(a) energy efficiency,

(b) energy generation,

(c) land use,

(d) transport.

(10) The report shall also explain how the proposals and policies set out in the report are expected to affect different sectors of the economy.

(11) The second and each subsequent report under this section—

(a) shall contain an assessment of the progress towards implementing proposals and policies set out in earlier reports,

(b) may make such adjustments to those proposals and policies as the Minister considers appropriate.”.