Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has made a proposal to the Department of An Taoiseach to establish an environmental pillar within the framework of social partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30948/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Comhar, the Sustainable Development Council, is the existing forum through which environmental organisations, together with the other Social Partners, engage in the promotion of sustainable development and the integration of the environment into other sectors.

Comhar was established in 1999 as the forum for national consultation and dialogue on all issues relating to sustainable development. Its 25 members are drawn from five pillars: the State sector, economic sectors, environmental NGOs, social/community NGOs and the professional/academic sector. Comhar is supported by a full-time Secretariat based in St.Andrew Street, Dublin 2.