Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Brian LeddinBrian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I totally understand. On the planning aspect, that might be considered as part of the review of the national planning framework. It is not just about roads. Ports, for example, are a big part of it and involve the use of a huge amount of concrete. We absolutely need ports, especially the massively upgraded ones required to advance the renewable energy ambition we have. With the planning aspect, it goes back to the accounting side of it. If it were made a requirement of any infrastructural project to state as part of the process that a certain amount of carbon will be associated with it, that would be very helpful. That is where we are trying to get to on the housing side.

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