Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his 2030 target for energy efficiency. [11569/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The European Union has set an overall energy efficiency target of 32.5% by 2030. This target means energy use in the European Union must be reduced by at least 32.5% compared to a 'business as usual' scenario.

Each Member State is required to set out, in their National Energy and Climate Plans, a national contribution towards the overall European Union target. The contribution includes savings in primary energy consumption (which includes the energy that is lost in the generation of electricity) and savings in final energy consumption.

Ireland's National Energy & Climate Plan was approved by Government and submitted to the European Commission in August 2020. The plan sets out primary energy savings of 62,171 GWh and final energy savings of 56,159 GWh by 2030.