Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 53:

In page 8, after line 38, to insert the following:"(13) A local authority may notify the Minister or the Government in writing of-----

(a) its intention to adopt, or

(b) its having adopted,

such mitigation measures as are specified in the notification concerned in relation to that local authority’s administrative area.".

This amendment complements amendment No. 46 in that it provides for a voluntary obligation on local authorities to notify the Minister or the Government of locally implemented greenhouse gas emission measures. Such a notification will ensure that best practice at a local level will inform the development of national mitigation plans to the clear benefit of the latter.

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