Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on his Department's work with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications to develop a CCUS task force (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21586/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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The Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2024 sets out the measures and actions necessary to deliver a reduction in Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions of 51% by 2030 and identifies the potential for additional emissions savings to be identified through the development and implementation of Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). The Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) and Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) have recently jointly established a CCUS taskforce, to inform and drive necessary implementation steps across key programme areas that will facilitate detailed policy making and actions to unlock the development of CCUS technologies in Ireland.

The principal objectives of the Taskforce will be to:

1. Identify options for additional emissions reductions through the development and deployment of CCUS
2. Determine costs, implementation pathways and potential barriers and risks to these measures.
3. Identify implementation pathways for measures already identified in CAP, including costs, barriers and appropriate policy levers.
4. Ensure that work completed in relation to CCUS is consistent with the achievement of aims objectives and timeframe under the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) in relation to carbon capture, transport and storage