Minister unable to give embodied carbon estimate for Housing For All plan

Darragh O’Brien said the Government was working towards a framework on embodied carbon for new builds.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien answered questions on embodied carbon and the Housing For All plan. Picture: Grainne Ni Aodha/PA

The Minister for Housing has been unable to provide an estimate for embodied carbon associated with the overall delivery of the Government’s Housing for All plan.

Embodied carbon is the term for emissions related to all activities of procuring and transforming materials into construction products, as well as their transport, use, maintenance and disposal at end of life.