Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector; the way in which this compares with the levels expressed in graph 2, page 32 of the National Climate Change Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36720/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In 2003, the latest year for which figures are available, emissions from the energy sector were 16.124 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, approximately 24% of total national greenhouse gas emissions. The national climate change strategy projected greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector to increase from 11,615 million tonnes in 1990 to 18,816 million tonnes in 2010. Latest available projections suggest that, without taking account of additional abatement measures or reductions which will accrue from the EU emissions trading scheme, emissions from the energy sector could be 19.029 million tonnes in 2010.