Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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1150. To ask the Minister for Health if sustainability for climate criteria are written into the HSE’s procurement policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24189/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a policy/service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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1151. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE was provided with additional funding to implement its Climate Action Strategy and the amount provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24190/25]

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland has adopted a whole-of-Government approach to achieving the State’s domestic and international commitments in respect of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and becoming more climate resilient, both to 2030 and beyond.

The policies and measures which will enable the achievement of these goals are set out in the Climate Action Plan 2025, which places a particular focus on those sectors responsible for the majority of Ireland’s emissions.

The Department of Health supports this process chiefly through actions led by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of Ireland’s built environment, including the health sector, through the alignment of capital expenditure programmes with this objective.

In addition, the HSE Climate Action Strategy 2023-2050 also sets out a range of actions which both align with and build on the national objectives enshrined in the Climate Action Plan process. The HSE has undertaken an ambitious programme of work to mainstream the climate commitments in its Strategy across a range of relevant action areas. The resourcing of these actions, and the prioritisation of climate action in the broader context of the strategic objectives of the HSE, are internal matters for that organisation. These are considered by the Department in the context of the Estimates process.