Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action his Department will be taking on foot of Met Éireann's report, Climate Change — Regional Model Predictions for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22320/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Community Climate Change Consortium for Ireland, c4i, project, established in 2003, has allowed the development of a regional climate model facility for Ireland within Met Éireann. This will increase national capacity to analyse future climate conditions in Ireland and their impacts at local level.

The results outlined in the report, Climate Change — Regional Climate Model Predictions for Ireland, represent an early contribution to the task of predicting future impacts of climate change in Ireland. This information will be used to develop appropriate adaptation strategies to deal with these impacts. Adaptation strategies focus on integrating information on impacts into the formulation and development of policy and measures in this regard will be considered in the context of the upcoming review of the national climate change strategy.