Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion
2:00 pm
Mr. Mark Griffin:
In fairness to me, I was clear on approximately 90% of the components. My colleague was good enough to prompt me on the last bit. What we can do is set out for the committee what the governance structures are. We will make an assessment of our view of how that covers the basis that was in the first recommendation from the Citizens' Assembly.
On the 2020 and 2030 targets, we have published our national mitigation plan, which sets out 60 measures, 40 of which are under development. We can provide the committee with a copy of that as well, which may be helpful. The national development plan, already in the public domain, sets out the range of climate and energy measures that will be delivered over the period of the national development plan.
On energy efficiency and renewable energy in relation to the transport and agriculture sectors, all of that is there. The legislation is again a function of Government, which approved a general scheme of a Bill and mandated the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to bring forward the legislation, and I understand it was the subject of pre-legislative scrutiny in the Oireachtas at some point. We are in dialogue with that Department about progressing the Bill to the next Stages. We are also a member of the marine planning group chaired by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, which looks at the general issue of how our marine sector can contribute to Ireland's economic development, and the Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill is a point of discussion at that committee from time to time. We input to that process as well.
What we need to do to meet the various targets for 2020 and 2030, and how we will do it - building on the national mitigation and the national development plans - will be set out in the national energy and climate plan to be finalised by the end of next year.