Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he expects Ireland to comply with the Kyoto principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16800/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I expect Ireland to comply fully with its greenhouse gas limitation target for the purposes of the Kyoto Protocol. This will be achieved through: a variety of measures to reduce emissions throughout the economy, including those set out in the National Climate Change Strategy and measures adopted subsequently by Government; emissions reductions, or purchase of carbon allowances in lieu of reductions, by installations participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme; and use of the Kyoto Protocol flexible mechanisms by the Government to purchase credits for carbon reductions elsewhere in the world.