Dublin City Council Draft Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024

Overview

Notice is hereby given, that Dublin City Council has prepared a Draft Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024.

The Draft Climate Change Action Plan sets out how the Council will improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its own buildings and operations, while making the Dublin City Council area more adaptive to the impacts of climate change. The Draft Plan includes a range of actions across five key action areas, Energy & Buildings, Transport, Flood Resilience, Nature Based Solutions and Resource Management.

The Dublin City Council Draft Climate Change Action Plan, the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Environmental Report and Appropriate Assessment (AA) Natura Impact Report, are available for inspection during normal office opening hours at the following locations from Monday 11^th February 2019 to Monday 25^th March 2019 inclusive:

• Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 from Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) between the hours of 9:30 am to 4.30 pm.
• All Dublin City Council Libraries, during their normal office hours.

Area Offices during their normal office opening hours, as follows:

• Central Area Office, 51-53 Lower Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1
• Cabra Area Office, 97 New Cabra Road, Dublin 7
• North Central Civic Centre, Bunratty Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
• Darndale Area Office, Darndale Bell Building, Darndale, Dublin 17
• Ballymun Civic Centre, Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9
• Finglas Civic Centre, Mellowes Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
• Ballyfermot Civic and Community Centre, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10
• Crumlin Area Office, 13 Crumlin Village, Dublin 12

The documents may be downloaded below and at www.dublinclimatechange.ie.

Submissions

Written observations or submissions regarding the Dublin City Council Draft Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Environmental Report and Appropriate Assessment (AA) Natura Impact Report are invited from members of the public and other interested parties.

Submissions can be made as follows:

Online at the link below

Or

By email to climateaction@dublincity.ie

Or

By post / hard copy addressed to:

Executive Manager,
Environment and Transportation Department,
Dublin City Council,
Block 2,
Floor 6,
Civic Offices,
Wood Quay,
Dublin 8.

Submissions or observations will be accepted from Monday 11^th February 2019 to Monday 25^th March 2019 inclusive.

The closing date for receipt of submissions is Monday 25^th March 2019.

Submissions or observations should state your name, address, and where relevant, the organisation, body etc. represented. Please make your submission by one medium only, i.e. post / hard copy or email or online submission.

All submissions or observations received during the above time period will be taken into consideration before the making of the Dublin City Council Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024.

If you use assistive technology (such as screen readers) and need a version of any document in an accessible format (such as Word), please email accessofficer@dublincity.ie  or climateaction@dublincity.ie and the document in the format requested shall be provided in so far as this is reasonably practicable.

PLEASE NOTE:

YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO MAKE YOUR SUBMISSION/OBSERVATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. LATE SUBMISSIONS/OBSERVATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Dated: Monday 11^th February, 2019

Dick Brady
Assistant Chief Executive
Environment and Transportation Department.