Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael)
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305. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national mitigation plan is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44641/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Ireland’s first statutory National Mitigation Plan (NMP) was published on 19 July 2017 and is available on my Department's website at www.dccae.gov.ie. The Plan is an important initial step to enable the transition to a low carbon economy and society, and identifies over 70 mitigation measures and 106 related actions to address the immediate challenge to 2020 and to prepare for the EU targets that Ireland will take on for 2030.

While this first National Mitigation Plan does not provide a complete roadmap to achieve the national transition objective to 2050, it begins the process of development of medium- to long-term options to ensure that we are well positioned to take the necessary actions in the next and future decades.

The NMP will be subject to formal review at least once every five years and will also become a living document, accessible on my Department's website, where it will be updated on an ongoing basis as analysis, dialogue and technological innovation generate further cost-effective sectorial mitigation options. 

This continuous review process reflects the broad and evolving nature of the sectorial challenges outlined in the Plan, coupled with the continued development and deployment of emerging low carbon and cost-effective technologies across different sectors of the economy. As this first Plan moves into the implementation phase, the review process will enable it to be amended, refined and strengthened over time and assist in keeping Ireland on target to meet our obligations.