Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to how it will be treated, there was a discussion at Cabinet yesterday. This evening, I will meet the Chairman of the committee specifically on the report. We have proposed there should be a debate in the House on the report and I understand the Whip is working with the Business Committee to schedule it. Each Minister has been asked to respond in detail to each individual recommendation in the report and to pass on that response to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton. The intention then is for us to publish a revised all-of-Government climate action plan this month or next month at the latest. Then it will be a case of getting on with it and I am really keen to get on with it. I agree it needs to be a major Government priority. There have to be other priorities too. Even without Brexit, I do not think climate change would be the only show in town. Jobs, the economy, incomes, livelihood and infrastructure are important.

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