Alice-Mary Higgins

Ensure amended forestry legislation is in line with Ireland's climate and biodiversity targets

Clarity on impact of proposed carbon budgets

Updated information on Ireland's climate finance contributions; raise awareness of same in Oireachtas

Take action to address Whole Life Carbon in Ireland

To: highlight concerns on potential changes to requirement for planning for changes from broadleaf to conifier; request to be kept appraised of any move in that regard, and flag merit of proposals to subject forestry to planning regime. Sought perspectives on hierarchy of plans…

To highlight concerns on: gaps in the proposed exemption in respect of protection for achitecturally sensitive sites, their potential to drive vacancy; the potential impacts to bats as a protected species together with their breeding and resting places, and impacts to certain…

Simply briefly noted that similar issues might arise in these provisions ito the concerns Planning and Development ( Exempted Development ) Regulations - SI 75/2022 - for eg in respect of impacts to bats and their breeding and resting plances and nests of certain bird species…

An Bord Pleanála to be instructed to give priority to planning applications from renewable energy and grid infrastructure projects necessary to deliver the Climate Action Plan::Delivery of the Programme for Government commitment for an Environmental and Planning…

To highlight that achieving the reduction target set for agriculture, of 22% to 30% by 2030, which represents an emissions reduction of between 5 to 7 million tonnes CO2 (Mt CO2), will be extremely challenging for the sector.::To highlight that Irish farming is a world leader in…

To share ACE Ireland's response to DECC's public consultation on the National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap and outline the role sustainable food packaging must play in reducing waste

To support Ireland's progress towards the 2030 agenda by engaging further with the SDGs and policy proposals on how to implement them at local and national level.

Concerns on proposed legislation would be addressed in respect of the approach to prescription periods for state owned foreshore & implications for doctrine of lost modern grant

That concerns on the complliance of the proposed legislation with EU legislation and its wider impacts would be considered

That concerns on proposed legislation including compliance with Aarhus Convention and multiple EU Directives would be addressedin legislative process

Awareness, support for increased climate finance provision