Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Under new European regulations we have to have a new national energy and climate action plan by the end of the year. I am that afraid the new Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, will not have time to put his feet under the table because we were promised a public consultation process on the plan which surely will have to be launched in the coming days. It will lead to the entire national development plan which is not fit for purpose or the national climate mitigation plan being changed. Will the Taoiseach confirm that the Government will meet its legal obligations under European regulations in setting out a new national energy and climate action plan before the end of the year? When is the consultation process due to begin?

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