Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the local authorities to whom he has made a request to-date for the preparation of their local authority climate action plans pursuant to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10286/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 was commenced on the 23 July 2021. Section 16 of this Act requires each Local Authority to prepare a climate action plan, specifying the mitigation and the adaptation measures to be adopted by the Local Authority.  Local Authorities will have 12 months to complete their individual plans once requested by the Minister, with the request to be made within 18 months of the coming into operation of the Act.

My Department is currently working closely with the Climate Action Regional Offices, Local Authorities and the Environment Protection Agency to finalise a set of statutory guidelines detailing the approach for Local Authorities to take in the development and implementation of Local Authority Climate Action Plans.