A total of €524 million out of an initial €915 million in funding from the European Union for Ireland’s national pandemic recovery and resilience plan is to go to climate action and biodiversity projects. Some €181 million is to be spent on return-to-work schemes and training that has a focus on the green economy. We will need to see much more detail in the forthcoming climate action plan on how the Government is going to cut Irish emissions in half in less than 10 years,” he added. “The reality is that construction companies will lead Ireland’s recovery and transition to a green economy. The impact of helping Ireland’s 55,000 construction enterprises on Ireland’s transition will be twofold when all of these construction companies are sustainably building sustainable buildings,” he added.

Source: The Irish Times June 01, 2021 17:20 UTC