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

I move amendment No. 48:

In page 22, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“Report on the interim target

23.(1) The Minister shall lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report containing the information outlined in subsections (4)and (5)in respect of the year 2020.

(2) The report shall state whether the interim target has been met.

(3) If the interim target has not been met, the report shall explain the reason for same.

(4) In respect of each greenhouse gas, the report shall state the amount of net emissions for 2020.

(5) The report shall also—

(a) state the amount of the net emissions account for 2020,

(b) state the cumulative amount of the net emissions account for the period 2015-2020,

(c) state the total amount of carbon units—

(i) that have been credited to or debited from the net emissions account for 2020,

(ii) that have been purchased in 2020,

(iii) that have been held and not surrendered in 2020,

(d) give details of the number and type of those carbon units.

(6) In subsections (4) and (5), the amount means the amount set out in the report for 2020 made under section 16.

(7) The report may contain such other information as the Minister considers appropriate.

(8) The report under this section shall be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas no later than 31 October 2022.”.