Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 1344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assumptions underlying his projections for transport related green house gas emissions in the 2008 to 2012 period contained in the recent carbon budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1450/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The projections for transport related greenhouse gas emissions in the 2008 to 2012 period in the carbon budget are those contained in the National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012.

The projections in the Strategy are based on projections prepared for my Department and published in a report, Determining the Share of National Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Emissions Trading in Ireland 2008-2012, in March 2006. The report is available to download from my Department's website www.environ.ie. The projections for individual sectors take account of the policies and measures in place or already announced while the report was being prepared.

The effects of additional policies and measures put in place in advance of the publication of the Strategy were calculated, and the projections for the transport and other sectors adjusted accordingly. As set out in the Strategy, projections of transport emissions were also revised upward to take account of the initial decision of the European Commission in November 2006 on Ireland's National Allocation Plan. Relevant measures in the transport and other sectors are set out in the Strategy, which is available in the Oireachtas library.