Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projected expenditure on carbon emission trading for each year from 2006 to 2012 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5249/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 7 of 29 November 2005. In terms of the purchase of carbon allowances by the State, the Kyoto Protocol commitment period does not commence until 2008 and the purchase of allowances in respect of greenhouse gas emissions in 2006 and 2007 does not arise.

The purchase of allowances by Irish installations participating in the EU emissions trading scheme depends on whether installations concerned opt to introduce measures to reduce emissions or buy allowances or a mix of both. These options are open to each installation and their individual decisions will influence the overall cost to the trading sector.