Climate Action Plan

Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Questions (993)

Roderic O'Gorman

Question:

993. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health when an agency (details supplied) and the Medicines Management Programme will produce a Climate Action Roadmap, detailing how they will meet the latest Climate Action Mandate (including undergoing a 50% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030); the way in which in the future they will formulate a robust and visible sustainability programme in their assessments of medicines and health technologies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4094/26]

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Minister of State at the Department of Health (Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor)

My Department is in regular contact with the bodies under its aegis in relation to their compliance with the Climate Action Mandate and its range of obligations. The National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, along with the other bodies under the Department's aegis, will be required to provide or update their Climate Action Roadmap as appropriate relative to the size of each organisation.

These roadmaps provide detail on how each organisation will deliver on its energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission objectives, while larger public bodies are required to provide a greater level of detail. The assessment of medicines by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics is a process underpinned by the Health Act 2013.