Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I am happy to provide as much information on this issue as the Deputy would like. Under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill, where a sector has not complied or is projected to not comply with the assigned sectoral emissions ceiling, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications will, following consultation with the Minister responsible for the relevant sector, set out sector specific actions in the annual update to the climate action plan to address the failure or projected failure. My Department is developing a methodology to ensure that any compliance costs that arise from a failure to reach climate and energy targets will be borne by the sector responsible for this failure. In light of the binding requirements that are now being imposed, this is a particularly important initiative. The traffic light scoring of all national development plan measures will inform the resource allocations that have to be taken by Government. As the Deputy will know, we are hoping to agree on a reviewed national development plan by July.

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