Climate Action Plan will go to Cabinet this week

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan says the plan will see a smaller national herd — but the government will look to protect the family farm

Environment minister Eamon Ryan said the Climate Action Plan will include a deposit plan for plastic bottles, electric transport, and a move into green careers to encourage 25,000 apprenticeships to carry out an extensive retrofitting plan.

The Climate Action Plan will go to Cabinet this week, the environment minister has said, saying that the plan will need to be "inclusive".

The Government will this week set out how it expects different sectors to hit the targets laid out by the Climate Change Advisory Council in last week's carbon budgets.