Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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150. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific actions he has taken under the the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national mitigation plan. [25693/17]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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My Department is participating in a whole-of-Government approach led by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in respect of the formulation of the National Mitigation Plan.  

Sectoral mitigation proposals have been put forward by Departments with sectoral responsibility, as follows:

1. Department of Communication, Climate Action and Environment

2. Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

3. Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

4. Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Department has been involved in discussions relating to the preparation and fiscal implications of these measures at Working Group, Senior Officials Group and Cabinet Committee levels.  However, it should be noted that the Department of Finance does not have a responsibility under the terms of the Act for the submission of any specific sectoral measures for the Plan.  The Department of Finance will be contributing to the fiscal and economic assessment of the specific measures proposed by other Departments, as appropriate.