Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I congratulate the Minister. I see from the latest report on the climate plan that his Department has delivered 87% of its targets, which puts it the highest of the Departments that are actively engaged in climate mitigation. However, we are here to scrutinise progress rather than just congratulate the Minister. A few targets have been held up and some of them are fairly important. I would be interested to know whether the lost time can be made up. There are targets for these. One is the biodigestion pilot and the second is the work on early finishing – I know there is early slaughter. The first strategy was delayed, but I think that has been published since. Has it?
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