On Monday (6 January 2020), the Government published the Draft
General Scheme of the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill 2019 (the
“General Scheme”), which contains the
proposed heads of amendment to the Climate Action and Low Carbon
Development Act 2015 (the “Principal
Act”). This update was co-authored by Isla
Stewart, snior associate, and Freda McGeough, trainee,
from Matheson's Corporate Department.
The General Scheme contains 16 heads of amendment
(“Heads”) that out how the Government
intends to enshrine the Climate Action Plan into law and will be a
priority piece of legislation for the Dáil term. A
detailed summary of each of the heads contained in the General
Scheme is provided below:
