Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We have learned from recent crises when Government works well and there is that persistent attention to delivery. Covid and Brexit are good examples. One of the things we learned from these and from other neighbouring jurisdictions is that when departments get out of silos, there is direct political involvement and agencies are brought in. With that in mind, we are establishing six acceleration task forces or leadership groups: one in the delivery of offshore energy; one in the built environment involving the decarbonisation of our building stock; one in sustainable mobility; one in just transition and climate communications; and last but not least, one in the delivery of this land use review. They are at various stages of establishment. Probably the most advanced is the one involving offshore wind energy. I had a meeting with it last week. I had another meeting with one of the working groups involving sustainable mobility. Each one is in train to be established and having a key role in making sure we have a cross-government focus on the next three years of delivery. This is a really important way of delivering on some of the key measures.

To answer the question about governance structure, the second key is the role of the Department of the Taoiseach in the climate action delivery board. This will continue to evolve.

That group is meeting and has a central role but there will be further evolution of that to make sure it is a core and functioning centre of what we need to do.

As well as this committee there are three institutional arrangements. The Deputy is correct that the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Committee on Transport and Communications and the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment need to own this as well. However, I would not give up on this committee's oversight role or on its ability to influence what those committees might do.