Climate Change Policy

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Questions (82)

Ciarán Ahern

Question:

82. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are specified in the direction for the purposes of compliance by the relevant body with subsection (1)’; to provide the details of the direction given in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15242/26]

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Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Finance

As Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, I have not exercised the power conferred on me under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act 2015, as amended.

According to records held in my Department, and to the best of my knowledge, the power provided for by Section 15(3), has never been used by any of my predecessors since the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act 2015, as amended, was enacted in 2015.

In line with the Programme for Government 2025: Securing Ireland’s Future, the Government remains fully committed to the legally binding emissions reduction targets set by the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.