Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill sets out our national economy-wide climate targets for 2030 and 2050, and the process for setting carbon budgets and sectorial emissions ceilings. It does not specify economy-wide or sectorial carbon budgets, and does not present options in relation to decarbonisation. Once the Climate Change Advisory Council proposes carbons budgets, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications must bring a recommendation to Government and the Oireachtas in relation to the carbon budget programme and sectorial ceilings, which will ultimately find expression in the Climate Action Plan 2021. Analysis, including reports from consultants, is still ongoing and, once completed, it can be published alongside the Plan.