Dáil debates

Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Establishment of Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion

 

4:00 pm

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders–

(a) a Special Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’) is hereby appointed, to be joined with a Special Committee to be appointed by Seanad Éireann, to form the Joint Committee on Climate Action to– (i) consider the Third Report and Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly entitled ‘How the State can make Ireland a Leader in tackling Climate Change’;

(ii) consider how these Recommendations might inform the further implementation of Ireland’s National Mitigation Plan as well as the development of Ireland’s draft Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan in the context of the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union (COM 2016/759), taking into account the recently published National Development Plan;

(iii) generally assess the state of play in relation to the Sectoral Adaptation Plans (SAPs) of relevant Government Departments as required under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 and as set out under the National Adaptation Framework (NAF) and, in this context, to engage with the Secretaries General of these relevant Government Departments in relation to proposed adaptation measures to be included in such plans taking into account the recently published National Development Plan;

(iv) engage with the Secretaries General of relevant Government Departments to determine whether they have also set out sectoral mitigation measures which could inform further implementation of the National Mitigation Plan and the preparation of Ireland’s draft Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan taking into account the recently published National Development Plan; and

(v) consider such other related matters and engage with such other relevant stakeholders as the Committee sees fit;

and to report to both Houses of the Oireachtas in accordance with paragraph (g);(b) the Committee shall not exceed sixteen members of Dáil Éireann as follows:(i) five members appointed by the Government;

(ii) four members appointed by Fianna Fáil;

(iii) two members appointed by Sinn Féin; and

(iv) one member each appointed by the Labour Party, the Solidarity–People Before Profit (Sol–PBP), Independents 4 Change, the Rural Independent Group, and the Social Democrats–Green Party Group;(c) the Ceann Comhairle shall announce the names of the members appointed under paragraph (b) for the information of the Dáil on the first sitting day following their appointment;

(d) the quorum of the Joint Committee shall be eight, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Dáil, and one a member of the Seanad;

(e) the Joint Committee shall elect one of its members to be Chairman;

(f) the Joint Committee shall have the powers defined in Standing Order 85(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8) and (9); and

(g) the Joint Committee shall report its conclusions and recommendations to both Houses of the Oireachtas not later than 31st January, 2019.

I wish to share one minute of my time with Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, the Chair of the committee. The Ceann Comhairle might indicate when there is one minute remaining.

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