Climate Action Plan
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-05
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Peter Burke (FG), Longford-Westmeath

I accept the question from the floor. It is difficult to comment, given that I do not have in front of me the detail on a particular town and I am talking about the broader policy. I will engage with the Department and revert to the Deputy on the matter. As I stated, each local authority was mandated to put forward one area for selection as a decarbonisation zone. We can discuss Drogheda into the future and see what we can derive from that. It is important that these plans be well connected, although I appreciate there are geographical constraints that people are concerned about. Drogheda, which the Deputy quite rightly fights for daily, is a huge growth centre with significant capacity to attract inward investment. We will do everything to facilitate that and will discuss it again with the Deputy.

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