Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the nature of the carbon budget which will be presented to Dáil Éireann; and the policy instruments which have been sanctioned by him for influencing carbon intensity. [23560/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government states that the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance will present an outline carbon report, referred to as a carbon budget, in conjunction with the annual financial budget. The Programme for Government also states that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, will follow the carbon budget with a report outlining our use of energy in the preceding year, the progress made in meeting the reduction targets and government plans to meet the targets in the following year. I will be announcing details of the 2008 budget on 5 December and prior to that date I will not make any statement regarding policies which may be introduced.