490. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government regarding the climate action and low carbon development Bill, if he will include in the definition of low carbon in the Government's national policy position, an 80% reduction in emissions from electricity, buildings and transport and carbon neutrality in agriculture and land use; if he will provide that members of the expert advisory body should all be independent, and the independence of the body itself should be enshrined in the Bill, as is the case with the Fiscal Advisory Council; if he will recognise the principle of climate justice in the Bill to ensure Ministers have regard to the issue of equity and historical responsibility for climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44457/14]

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490. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government regarding the climate action and low carbon development Bill, if he will include in the definition of low carbon in the Government's national policy position, an 80% reduction in emissions from electricity, buildings and transport and carbon neutrality in agriculture and land use; if he will provide that members of the expert advisory body should all be independent, and the independence of the body itself should be enshrined in the Bill, as is the case with the Fiscal Advisory Council; if he will recognise the principle of climate justice in the Bill to ensure Ministers have regard to the issue of equity and historical responsibility for climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44457/14]

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