Environmental Schemes

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Ceisteanna (308)

Kevin Humphreys

Ceist:

324 Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Economic and Social Council secretariat submitted the interim report on potential options for policies and measures to close the distance to Ireland’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target under Decision 406/2009/EC in the compliance period 2013-2020; the date he will release the interim report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33246/12]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Phil Hogan)

The secretariat to the National Economic and Social Council have submitted their interim report. As indicated in the programme for the development of national climate policy and legislation published earlier this year, I intend to release the report and formally invite views from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht by end September 2012.