Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I assure the Deputy that the meetings that occur outside the Cabinet in preparation for Cabinet sub-committee meetings are ongoing. The delivery of the carbon budget, the first one in any country in the world, took an extensive amount of preparation but we are only at the start. It will require cross-Government, cross-Department involvement in a common goal, which is to reduce CO2 emissions by 3% per annum across all areas and particularly in areas where long-term decisions have to be taken in recognition of the long-term challenge in this regard.

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