Taoiseach ‘should be accountable for gas emission goals’

THE Taoiseach should take direct responsibility for reducing Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions to signify the importance of the issue, an Oireachtas committee has said.

In a new report published yesterday, the committee proposed the establishment of an Office of Climate Change and Renewable Energy which would operate under the control of the Taoiseach’s department.

Provision for these arrangements should be made in a new climate change law, the Joint Committee on Climate Change said.