Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of names of relevant bodies under the Climate Act 2021. [11355/22]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to invite councils to prepare Local Authority Climate Action Plans under Section 15 of the Climate Act 2021; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11356/22]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 16 February 2022, and the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, the status of the promised statutory guidelines on the development of local authority climate action plans; if the guidelines have been finalised to date; when these guidelines will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11661/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 185 together.These zones will provide for a range of climate measures to address local low carbon energy, greenhouse gas emissions and climate adaptation needs. 29 out of the 31 Local Authorities have now submitted plans for Decarbonisation Zones.

The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 was commenced on the 23 July 2021. Section 16 of the 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.

The Climate Action Plan 2021 mandates that the guidelines for the implementation of Decarbonising Zones are to be incorporated into the statutory guidelines for Local Authority Climate Action Plans.

My Department is currently working closely with the Climate Action Regional Offices, Local Authorities, and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to finalise a set of statutory guidelines detailing the approach Local Authorities are to take in the development and implementation of these Local Authority Climate Action Plans.