Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Going back to the original point about climate obligations, I recall that the Department used to publish annually the energy-efficiency performance of bodies. They ranged from the excellent to the deplorable, and it created some sort of momentum for people to get themselves out of the fourth division. The Department has a similar model with regard to emissions impact measured either in terms of Paris emissions or, as we have discussed here, embodied emissions in purchases, which are equally interesting. Is there anything like a league table of public bodies based on their baseline emissions and where ambition ought to be bringing them?

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