Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the timeline for the public consultation to inform the development of Ireland's Social Climate Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37686/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is currently preparing Ireland’s Social Climate Plan, the measures in which will support vulnerable groups impacted by the rising price of carbon.

My Department is working closely with relevant Departmental stakeholders and with the European Commission to ensure that the Plan developed will meet the requirements of the governing Regulation.

My Department is committed to developing robust and high-quality measures, guided by meaningful stakeholder input, to ensure that the funds are appropriately targeted to those most vulnerable.

In this context, a range of consultation processes at key points in the development of the Plan are envisaged. The first of those, an open public and stakeholder consultation, will launch in the coming weeks.

The consultation will be published on my Department's website for at least six-weeks. Following the input received from that consultation, my Department will develop proposed measures to incorporate into the Plan. Workshops with relevant stakeholders will then follow to capture input into the detailed design of the proposed measures.

Finally, a full draft plan, having regard to the inputs received through the workshops, will be published for public consultation and to inform the final plan. To facilitate this level of engagement, the Plan will be submitted to the Commission, for approval, in the latter part of the year.