Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This question relates to the capital plan 2016-21 and its use of the word "sustainability". It is often the case that despite the prolific use of the word "sustainability" throughout the document and particularly in the fiscal and policy context section, it seems to primarily and solely incorporate what could be termed fiscal sustainability rather than a wider definition which might include concepts such as environmental sustainability. Will the Minister outline for the House what role he believes environmental sustainability plays in the provision of capital expenditure as an underlying base concept and not just a discrete section of the capital plan?

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