Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. McLoughlin. I will address a few other issues. I was really pleased to see that one of the priorities for the delegation at COP27 is the issue of gender. Obviously, gender and climate change are incredibly intertwined. Women and children tend to bear the burden and brunt of climate impact in terms of poverty and everything that is associated with it.

What will that look like for the Department in the context of COP27? Will Ireland's delegation ensure that gender reporting is mandatory on all streams of the global stocktake cycles? Is the Government engaged with the UNFCCC gender action plan? How is it promoting that?