Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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I apologise if there is any overlap in my questions; I had to miss Deputy Burke's contribution. I am going to dwell on the idea of the public sector spending codes a bit, for me to be clear in my own mind. There is a 2013 document, a substantial revision in 2019, and then this updated circular in 2023. I have all the parts. I will quote from the national development plan, NDP, from a section on the climate environmental assessment of the NDP review:

It should also be noted that many of the measures included in the NDP Review are under development and all measures will still be subject to the full rigour of the Public Spending Code. This requires, amongst other matters, a detailed quantitative assessment of the specific impact on greenhouse gas emissions a measure will have.

I have not seen any mention at all of the impact of greenhouse gas emissions in any of those three documents. That is why I was asking whether I was missing a piece of the jigsaw. It the public spending code entirely silent on the issue of climate emissions? Is that not part of the review process at all?