Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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I apologise for missing some of the earlier contributions. There were reports in the Business Postat the end of last year regarding some pilot assessments in the Department. A challenging feature of the Climate Action Plan 2023 concerns individual Departments coming to terms with the climate implications and their responsibilities in that regard, with new models for assessing the climate implications of individual proposals. Specifically in respect of the Minister's Department, it will involve Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, the prospect of supporting individual businesses and the potential environmental or climate impact of their endeavours. Will he update us on that pilot? Will it become ingrained within the activity of those agencies or within the Department? What will be the practical implications of those new models of assessment?