Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next review of the climate action plan is due to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55974/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications is required to prepare an update to the Climate Action Plan on an annual basis.

Work has almost completed on this year’s update to the Plan, Climate Action Plan 2024 (CAP24). Once complete, it will be submitted for Government approval before the end of the year, subject to Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment (SEA/AA). A public consultation on the Plan will be launched early in 2024.

The Department of the Taoiseach prepares quarterly progress reports on the implementation of measures committed to under Climate Action Plans. The reports provide an update on completed and delayed actions each quarter. The next such review of the Climate Action Plan will be the Q4 quarterly progress report of Climate Action Plan 2023 (CAP23), which will be undertaken in Q1 2024.