Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether there is any obstacle to a local authority signing up to the Climate Perks Programme, which would involve certain commitments as an employer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14458/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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In the local government sector, travel and subsistence policies and rates mirror those established centrally for the Civil and Public Sectors and, therefore, any consideration of initiatives such as that referenced will need to be informed by central policy. A key consideration is this regard is the requirement to limit travel, subsistence and related expenditure and the loss of official working time to travel to the minimum necessary for the fulfilment of employer-related duties. Therefore, the programme referenced may not be compatible with this consideration.