Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The EPA has warned that this State will only reach between 4% and 6% of our 2020 emissions target. As others have said, the EPA revealed that, last year, our greenhouse gas emissions increased by 3.5%. We are one of only four states in the EU that are still producing emissions above the 1990 levels and will also be one of the very few to miss the 20% reduction target. It has been established by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment that fines could be between €1 billion and €1.5 billion.

Will the Taoiseach explain why the Government is failing to take the necessary action to avoid this? Will he respond to the 13 recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on climate change? Will the Government incorporate them into Government policy? Will the Taoiseach update the Dáil on the national adoption framework which is to set out the strategy to be employed to reduce the vulnerability of the State to the negative effects of climate change? Will these proposals be available by 10 December, as promised?

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