Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the brief given to a firm (details supplied) to advise on Climate Action Plan 2023; how much the firm was paid for its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38109/23]

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a firm (details supplied) is contracted to undertake work to inform Climate Action Plan 2024; if so, if he will detail same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38111/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 111 together.

McKinsey and Company have been engaged by my Department to provide technical support services to inform, assist, and support the preparation of Climate Action Plan 2024.

In 2022, in relation to Climate Action Plan 2023, McKinsey and Company was contracted to:

• Provide technical support services to (i) inform, and assist, in the preparation and delivery of Ireland’s sectoral emissions ceilings and (ii) identify the plans, policies and measures required to achieve these ceilings
• Underpin sectorial targets with measures and actions
• Set-out the updated governance/ approach to annual climate planning
• Provide additional technical support to to allocate the unallocated savings from the Sectoral Emission Ceilings as part of CAP23