Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome that but we need to see action. The Minister touched on one of the points, which relates to index-linking. Is the Minister going to reassess the position on that? It is something we do differently here than in other places. Is there an overall benefit and will that be reassessed?

In advance of budget negotiations, which I assume will get under way quite soon, there was a report from the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday and a report from the Climate Change Advisory Council at the back end of last year. They consistently point to the lack of delivery and implementation. Going into this budget cycle, will the Minister commit to additional resources for local government, as was mentioned at the climate committee this week? Will there be funding for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, EirGrid and An Bord Pleanála to increase capacity in these vital organisations which facilitate the delivery of the ambition of renewables?

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