Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Ireland did not submit a new nationally determined contributions to the UN on 10 February 2025, as required under the Paris Agreement; when Ireland will be submitting these nationally determined contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7035/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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As a Member State of the European Union, Ireland submits a joint Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) with its EU partners.

As per Article 4 of the Paris Agreement, Parties, including regional economic integration organizations (such as the EU) and their member States, may submit joint NDCs subject to certain conditions being met and the notification of this intention to the Secretariat to the UNFCCC. The European Union and its Member States have chosen to avail themselves of this option for the submission of their NDCs since 2015, with the submission of their first intended NDC under the Paris Agreement. A joint EU NDC was again submitted in 2020, with an update to this NDC submitted in 2023. The EU intends again to submit a joint NDC in 2025 in advance of COP30.