Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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I appreciate Dr. Byrne's offer to respond offline but there must be some type of accountability here. There seems to be none. The local authority essentially seems to be washing its hands. Deputy Whitmore spoke earlier about how local authorities do not have the resources and expertise. The SEAI has a grant for them to avail of and they are not doing so. The Department and the SEAI can put as much funding as possible towards something, but the local authority must buy into these schemes as well. They produce climate action plans but these must represent more than just words on paper. They have to put actions where their words are. It is of absolute importance if we are to be serious about reducing emissions, which in this case are transport emissions.