Commitment

Publish an annual climate action plan

What this means

  • The Irish government has committed to publishing a climate action plan every year to set out how Ireland will meet its carbon budgets and sectoral emissions limits.[source]
  • This commitment comes from the 2025 Programme for Government and is currently in progress, with no fixed deadline publicly stated.[source]
  • The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, led by Darragh O'Brien, is responsible for delivering this commitment.[source]
  • Each annual plan is meant to spell out the specific measures required across different sectors of the economy to stay within agreed emissions limits.[source]
  • Publishing a plan each year allows the public and lawmakers to track whether the government is on course to meet its legally binding climate targets.[source]

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Indirect impact (10)

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Status

In Progress

Commitment to publish a climate action plan each year setting out the measures needed to meet sectoral emissions ceilings and carbon budgets.

Attribution & links

Origin
Programme For Government
Policy area
Climate And Environment
Owning party
Independent / unattributed
Responsible officeholder
Darragh O'Brien
First stated
2025-01-23
Last reviewed
2026-05-21

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