Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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I appreciate there are increasing numbers but I do not see the primacy of this stuff within government and across Departments. That is reflected in my experience at this committee.

These matters need to be issues for more than an individual Department. They need to be issues across government.

Unallocated emissions savings are in the region of 5.25 megatonnes per year in the second carbon budget. That is a large unknown. When will it be dealt with?