Public body

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

What this means

  • The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is an Irish government body responsible for climate policy, energy security, and communications regulation.[source]
  • It sets carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings, and must publish an annual climate action plan to track Ireland's progress on cutting emissions.[source]
  • The Department is working toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 and reaching net-zero no later than 2050. Both targets are currently in progress.[source][source]
  • Fast-tracking offshore wind development is a live commitment, forming part of Ireland's shift toward renewable energy and national energy security.[source]
  • The Department also oversees policy on electronic communications, broadcasting, and the postal sector, affecting services used by people across Ireland every day.[source]
  • Its work is grounded in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021, which gives legal force to Ireland's climate targets and accountability structures.[source]

Direct impact (13)

Indirect impact (9)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

  • holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via charlie-mcconalogue
  • holds role: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment → holds role: Minister for Transport2-hop via darragh-obrien
  • holds role: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment → responsible for commitment2-hop via darragh-obrien
  • holds role: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment → responsible for commitment2-hop via darragh-obrien
  • holds role: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment → responsible for commitment2-hop via darragh-obrien
  • holds role: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment → responsible for commitment2-hop via darragh-obrien
  • holds role: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment → responsible for commitment2-hop via darragh-obrien
  • holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport → member of party2-hop via charlie-mcconalogue
  • holds role: Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport → member of party2-hop via patrick-odonovan

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Relationship map

Climate action and decarbonisation policy - owns statutory mandateMClimate action and decarb…owns statutory mandateEnergy security and communications policy - owns statutory mandateMEnergy security and commu…owns statutory mandateReduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 - responsible for commitmentCReduce greenhouse gas emi…responsible for commitmentAchieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050 - responsible for commitmentCAchieve net-zero emission…responsible for commitmentPublish an annual climate action plan - responsible for commitmentCPublish an annual climate…responsible for commitmentFast-track offshore wind development - responsible for commitmentCFast-track offshore wind …responsible for commitmentEnact legislation to accelerate district heating - responsible for commitmentCEnact legislation to acce…responsible for commitmentContinue the national residential retrofit programme - responsible for commitmentCContinue the national res…responsible for commitmentEvaluate and act on the Basic Income for the Arts pilot - responsible for commitmentCEvaluate and act on the B…responsible for commitmentPromote 60 minutes of daily physical activity for children - responsible for commitmentCPromote 60 minutes of dai…responsible for commitmentCharlie McConalogue - holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and SportOCharlie McConalogueholds role: Minister of State…Darragh O'Brien - holds role: Minister for Climate, Energy and the EnvironmentODarragh O'Brienholds role: Minister for Clim…Patrick O'Donovan - holds role: Minister for Culture, Communications and SportOPatrick O'Donovanholds role: Minister for Cult…BDepartment of the Environment, …

One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.

Accountability scores

Delivery

Body score · method delivery-2.0.0 · as of 2026-05-23

On track 100%8 commitmentsCoverage 100%

Mandate fulfilment

Body score · method accountability-2.0.0 · as of 2026-05-23

2 mandates6 commitmentsCoverage 100%

Fiscal stewardship

Body score · method accountability-2.0.0 · as of 2026-05-23

1 budget votes0 with outturnCoverage 0% — not yet verifiable

Decomposes into 1 row — click any row to verify the underlying record.

  • Vote 29 — Environment, Climate and Communications (2025)€1.60bn
    outturn not publishedvariance n/aunverifiableno published outturn: excluded from stewardship rate, lowers coverage

Statutory mandates (2)

Responsible for 8 commitments

Relationships

No relationships recorded for this entity yet.

Budget votes (1)

  • Vote 29Environment, Climate and Communications (2025)allocation €1.60bn · outturn not published

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