Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion

Ms Justina Corcoran:

They will definitely have a responsibility for reducing emissions that are within their control. That might mean electrifying the local authority's own fleet. I am not sure how far that reaches. I do not think they have responsibility for reducing emissions in the whole area.