Climate Action Plan

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Ceisteanna (166)

Ciarán Ahern

Ceist:

166. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection 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. [15250/26]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection

There have been no instances in which the power provided under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act (2015) has been formally exercised by me or my predecessors.

My Department continues to meet its climate action responsibilities through established governance and reporting arrangements. This includes compliance with the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate, the preparation and publication of a Climate Action Roadmap in line with guidance from the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, and participation in the annual monitoring and reporting processes coordinated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

The Department remains fully committed to progressing decarbonisation and energy-efficiency measures across its operations and bodies under its aegis, consistent with national climate objectives and the wider public sector targets.