Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce or support legislation to provide for carbon emissions reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25080/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Ireland is required to meet challenging greenhouse gas emission reductions under the Kyoto Protocol for the period to 2012. The EU climate/energy package agreed in December 2008 places a requirement on Ireland for a 20% reduction on 2005 levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the non-traded sector by 2020. These targets are legally binding and the package of legislative measures adopted at EU level will be transposed into Irish law.

I will be addressing the question of further legislation on climate change in the context of the review of the Programme for Government.