Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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To come in on that point, it seems that, rightly or wrongly, the local authorities are seeing their role very much as the operational side of stuff, such as meeting the targets for energy efficiency. However, there is the planning side of it and the emissions that might be induced by the decisions made by local authorities, be that by the executive or reserved decisions.

Transport is the big one for me. You could technically reduce emissions in any local authority by 51% or whatever is required but if you are planning and building roads all over the place, you are actually leading to a significant increase in emissions. Does the CCMA see that as not being a matter for local authorities but for central government and the policies it brings through that would ultimately trickle down?