Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-26
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Richard Bruton (FG), Dublin Bay North

I welcome the fact that climate action was on the EU Council agenda yesterday. I wish to ask three succinct questions. Do we support the extension of the emission trading system, ETS, to new sectors so that those who produce carbon efficiently can deliver European needs more effectively? What is the Irish ask in respect of effort-sharing, in respect of which we did have a lower target recognising the strains relating to agriculture? Have we sought to change how carbon sequestration is measured by the EU in order that the huge opportunity that exists in the context of forestry and land use in Ireland can be fully exploited?

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Sitting date: 2021-05-26