Information request relating to the Emissions Reduction Plan

Details of the request

1. 1. Please let me know when the second Emissions Reduction Plan will be finalised
   and published. Please also provide a description of the process, and timeline, for
   developing the second Emissions Reduction Plan. Please include anticipated dates for Commission advice, drafts to be released, and opportunities for public consultation and input from interested parties.
2. I am also interested in recent, upcoming and proposed changes to the implantation of actions under the existing Emissions Reduction plan. Specifically, I am interested in changes made or proposed since October 2023, which have already been implemented, or which might or will be implemented while the first Emissions Reduction Plan is still in place. I am primarily interested in changes which will have a significant impact, positive or negative, in terms of green house gas emissions.
   Please provide information such as discussion documents, policy proposals, or decision documents (including internal briefings to Ministry leadership, Ministerial documents and Cabinet documents) relating to these changes. Please include in your response, comments on possible or actual changes to:
   
   1. the Carbon Neutral Government Programme.
   2. the State Sector Decarbonisation Fund.
   3. the Climate Emergency Response Fund.
   4. any other material changes to the implementation of the major actions listed on page 10 of the first Emissions Reduction Plan.
   5. any other material changes to the key actions within the first Emissions Reduction Plan which MFE are responsible for, including in relation to waste reduction and fluorinated gases.