Green Budgeting
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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Ireland committed to the implementation of a series of progressive green budgeting reforms in Budget 2019 by both the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance. The purpose of these reforms is to better embed climate and environmental goals within the budgetary process, with a view to improving outcomes. Progress to date includes:
In support of these reforms, Ireland is an active participant in the OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting , and in the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action , and engages in training and exchange initiatives relating to green budgeting with EU institutions and other Member States, aiming to share its expertise and learn from international best practice in this area. Ireland currently chairs the OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting.
As part of the performance budgeting framework, green budgeting builds on the implementation of equality budgeting and the development of wellbeing budgeting, as committed to in the Programme for Government – Our Shared Future.
The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform’s Statement of Strategy 2023-2025 outlines the Department’s mission is to drive the delivery of better public services, living standards and infrastructure for the people of Ireland. As part of this, the Department’s aim under Strategic Goal 2 is to
Lead performance budgeting to enhance transparency and accountability, and strengthen the budgetary process through greater use of evidence and delivery of key outputs and outcomes in climate action, wellbeing, equality and sustainable development.
Green budgeting initiatives can play an important role in achieving this and will make Government action on climate change more transparent to citizens. They will also raise awareness and understanding of the specific impacts of individual climate and environmental policies. Ultimately, green budgeting has the potential to induce changes to policy making that will result in improved environmental outcomes.
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