Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the initial report and recommendations of the urban transport-related air pollution group jointly chaired by his Department and the Department of Transport will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1600/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Urban Transport Related Air Pollution (UTRAP) group was established to:

- examine transport-related air pollution;

- raise stakeholder awareness of this pollution, its occurrence in urban contexts and its legislative framework;

- review and identify best-practice measures to reduce transport-related air pollution in Irish cities and towns; and

- develop an evidence-based national policy framework within which Local Authorities could address urban transport related emissions.

The group includes representatives from Government Departments; environmental, health and transport Agencies; Local Authorities; and additional key stakeholders who have been working together since December 2019.

An initial report on the work of the group has being finalised and I intend to publish it once I have considered its findings and recommendations.