Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a date has been set for the publication of the climate action plan 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54668/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 significantly strengthens the legally binding framework for climate governance in Ireland, and the recently approved sectoral emission ceilings set out a clear pathway for meeting our carbon budgets and Ireland’s commitment to a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030. These ceilings will be reflected in the next Climate Action Plan (CAP23), which is currently being developed and is due to be published by the end of 2022.

The next iteration of the Climate Action Plan will build on the 2021 Plan and set out the policies, measures and actions to keep us within our carbon budgets and on the pathway to a net zero-emissions economy by no later than 2050. The process to deliver this new Climate Action Plan has included my Department engaging with other Government Departments, State Agencies and civil society to identify opportunities for accelerating climate action.