Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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815. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the form of geo-engineering or climate control actions that are being performed in the County Westmeath area in view of the fact that persons have photographs of a substances being sprayed in the sky and are concerned for health reasons. [14698/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I am not aware of any instances where geo-engineering is being undertaken or planned in this country . In relation to climate change policies and action, my focus at this point in time is to put in place appropriate mitigation measures at the national level to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this regard, the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Bill 2015 which was published in January 2015 sets out proposed statutory provisions for the development of a National Mitigation Plan, the primary objective of which will be to track implementation of mitigation measures already underway and to identify additional measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and progress the overall national low- carbon transition agenda to 2050. In anticipation of enactment of the planned legislation, work is already underway on developing the National Mitigation Plan.