Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Budgetary and Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: Discussion

Mr. Frank Maughan:

The Deputy asked a question about delivery. The annex to the plan sets out quarterly deadlines for various steps under each of the 183 actions. When we speak about quarterly delivery and quarterly reporting, we are referring to reporting on whether the steps under each of those actions have been delivered or whether there are delays in the steps. That is the way in which the plan will be transparent in its delivery. The various actions, as I have mentioned, address various commitments under the plan for each of the sectors. Each of those actions has detailed roadmaps with specific steps and quarterly timelines. The purpose of the quarterly reporting is to be able to report on and publish whether Departments and agencies are actually meeting the commitments that the plan has set out for them in terms of those steps.