Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the 14 October 2022 statement by An Bord Pleanála that it was not aware that the Climate Action Plan had been adopted; and his further views on whether other State bodies under his aegis are aware of their obligations under Section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 as amended by the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021. [14578/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts. The Board carries out its quasi-judicial functions independently of the Minister and his Department. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, the Minister and his Department are specifically precluded from exercising power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is or may be concerned.

I wrote to all state bodies under my aegis in December 2020 to advise them of the development of the Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2021.

Climate Action Plan 2021 was published on the Government website gov.ie on 4 November 2021.

Climate Action Plan 2023 was published on the Government website on 21 December 2022. This plan was the first to be prepared under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, and following the introduction, in 2022, of economy-wide carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings

All actions under the previous CAP 2021 and the current CAP 2023 are co-ordinated by the Department of the Taoiseach and implemented by the respective Departments and their agencies. My Department reports on actions by bodies under the aegis of this Department.