Transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient society
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From: Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
- Published on: 13 July 2018
- Last updated on: 11 April 2025
The capital investment priorities will represent a major change in Ireland’s delivery of climate action objectives. This will provide a big reduction in carbon emissions during the period to 2030.
Investment priorities will include:
- upgrading of 45,000 homes a year from 2021
- an additional 3,000-4,500 MW of renewable energy
- full rollout of the Renewable Heat Support Scheme
- transition to low-emission - including electric - buses for the urban bus fleet
- a target of little less than half of our vehicle fleet to be fully electric
Among the major infrastructural projects over the next 10 years will be the North-South and Celtic interconnectors, the conversion of Moneypoint to electricity and continued development of gas infrastructure to support regional and rural development.
A €500 million Climate Action Fund will bring further investment by public and private bodies, with a strong focus on the transport sector. There will also be further investment in flood relief schemes to minimise the impact of river and coastal flooding.
See National Strategic Outcome 8 (PDF, from page 76) of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for full details.
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