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

I agree with the Commission's recommendations and comments. We need to recognise this first draft of the NECP only in effect took into account measures the Government had committed to up to 2021. We are now modelling "With additional measures", which we have already included in our climate action plan annual updates. They will answer a lot of the Commission's concerns regarding the need for additional ambition and further progress and measures. It has taken time to do that modelling. I regret we did not have it all in place in December of last year when we put our first draft in, but we always knew this was an iterative process and we would have that additional time and be able to put in the resources to measure and monitor what the further measures we will need to take are. They are set out in the various climate action plans. We need to deliver those and we will present those included in our NECP in June, which is the most important draft we must provide.

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