Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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145. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board that have taken place to date in 2020; and the number scheduled for the remainder of 2020. [36072/20]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Climate Action is a key priority for this Government and progress is overseen by the Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change, and the Senior Officials Group which supports it.

The Cabinet Committee last met on 9 November 2020 and is scheduled to meet again on 7 December 2020.

It is chaired by the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan.

The Cabinet Committee oversees the implementation of the Programme for Government commitments in relation to the environment and climate change. These include:

- the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill;

- Just Transition;

- agriculture and land use considerations;

- access to finance for climate action;

- the development of a National Retrofitting Plan; and

- the progression of matters in furtherance of our move to a higher rate of renewable energy, such as the Marine Planning and Development Bill and the Wind Energy Guidelines.

In addition, it considers progress made on the implementation of the current Climate Action Plan, and the planning which is now underway to develop the next iteration of the Plan.

The Climate Action Delivery Board is chaired by the Secretary General to the Government and the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The Board has met three times since its establishment in July 2019. It was due to meet in March 2020 but this was postponed due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The next meeting of the Climate Action Delivery Board will be held in the coming weeks.