Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
New Retrofitting Plan and the Built Environment: Discussion
Mr. Pat Barry:
The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications needs to take a much more holistic approach and needs to see how it all impacts from one sector to another. Land use is another issue given that we have sprawling development. We get carbon loss from clearing topsoil for dispersed developments. We need to have one Department in charge of seeing how every other Department impacts on carbon emissions in every sector.