Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion

Mr. Gavin Lawlor:

Yes, but again there needs to be active consideration of more action. We are talking about policy and things we can do but what is really needed is for the rubber to hit the road if we are to hit any of the targets or ambitions. We should increase those ambitions. We need to have meaningful engagement with delivering stuff. Offshore wind is something we have talked about for five years and we are still struggling to get there. The target we set for ourselves of 5 GW has been halved to 2.6 GW. That should not be acceptable.