Section 9 provides for the preparation of an annual report by the expert advisory body and its submission to Government by no later than 30 June each year, setting out progress made in achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions and in making the transition to a low carbon economy. This report will provide a significant element of the underpinning for the annual transition statement which the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will be required to present to the Dáil. It also represents a further step in putting the Oireachtas at the centre of national policy on transition.