Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. He spoke of progress and of the potential for wind energy, but we have been speaking about this potential for a long time without having put in place the necessary infrastructure to deliver at scale on the sort of energy generation capacity offshore wind can provide. The Minister also spoke of the climate action plan 2023 and said it will go to the Government shortly. When is that going to come before this House? I ask because we have previously seen foot-dragging and delays in the production of necessary plans and in the development of the sectoral emissions targets. Often, these have not been brought before this House and the other House until very late in the day and at a time when we cannot give the plans the sort of adequate scrutiny required.

I was glad to hear the Minister speak of the Taoiseach's commitment to ensuring a solidarity pact with the Global South. This is hugely important. Can we, however, also see the Taoiseach promoting the non-fossil fuel proliferation treaty now being spoken of and being urged upon us by so many international groupings and activists worldwide as a key way to ensuring there is a mechanism at international level to ensure we will see the phasing out of fossil fuel reliance across the world?

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