Written answers

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

9:00 pm

Photo of Ciarán CuffeCiarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 666: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in percentage figures for comparison with 1990 for each year for which figures are available since 1990; the action the Government intends to take to ensure compliance with the Kyoto Protocol by the period 2008 to 2012, and other commitments made at European level for the years 2030 and 2050. [30594/05]

Photo of Dick RocheDick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in millions of tonnes of CO2 equivalent and in percentage increases on 1990 values for each year to 2003 are set out as follows. These figures are taken from the latest available EPA annual national inventory report detailing greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the economy.

Year Mt CO2 % Increase on 1990
%
1990 53.974
1991 54.853 1.6
1992 55.694 3.2
1993 55.392 2.6
1994 57.125 5.8
1995 58.181 7.8
1996 59.856 10.9
1997 62.652 16.1
1998 64.768 20.0
1999 66.889 23.9
2000 68.968 27.8
2001 70.742 31.1
2002 69.385 28.6
2003 67.554 25.2

As to action envisaged by the Government to ensure compliance with the Kyoto Protocol and other commitments made at European level, I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 138, 157, 171, 197, 622, 655 and 682 of today.

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