Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Yes. It is necessary. We have said that Ireland wants to reach net zero by 2050 and maybe before that. My job is to take this in chunks. We have targets to get to by 2025, which is not that far away, and by 2030, which are very demanding. I think that is where the focus is now.