Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion
Mr. Brian Carroll:
When I answered earlier, I referred to the original policy decisions and the timelines and how events in the past year have caused an accelerated exit from peat, in particular. In the climate action plan, the Government made just transition one of the central themes and a core piece. In responding to what is happening in the midlands, I went through the long list of initiatives. In the first budget since some of these developments, some funds have clearly been set aside and a just transition commissioner has been announced.