Editing Green Party (Ireland) (section)

====Notable achievements====
The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 was one of the Greens' flagship policies. The law enacted a legally binding path to [[carbon neutrality|net zero emissions]] by 2050.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Ireland’s ambitious Climate Act signed into law |date=23 July 2021 |publisher=[[Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications]] |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-the-environment-climate-and-communications/press-releases/irelands-ambitious-climate-act-signed-into-law/ |access-date=15 April 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723120538/https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/9336b-irelands-ambitious-climate-act-signed-into-law/ |archive-date=23 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite ISB|title=Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021|year=2021|number=32|signedby=President [[Michael D. Higgins]]|access-date=15 April 2025|date=23 July 2021|type=act}}</ref> Five-year carbon budgets produced by the Climate Change Advisory Council will dictate the path to carbon neutrality, with the aim of the first two budgets creating a 51% reduction by 2030.<ref name="thejournalmcdermott">{{cite news |last1=McDermott |first1=Stephen |title=Carbon neutral by 2050: Ireland's green targets to be legally binding for the first time |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-climate-action-bill-carbon-neutral-2050-5389338-Mar2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723122924/https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-climate-action-bill-carbon-neutral-2050-5389338-Mar2021/ |archive-date=23 July 2021 |access-date=23 July 2021 |work=[[TheJournal.ie|The Journal]] |language=en}}</ref> The five-year budgets will not be legally binding.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crosson |first1=Kayle |title=A deep dive: the revised Climate Bill |url=https://greennews.ie/revised-climate-bill-feature/ |website=Green News Ireland |access-date=23 July 2021 |date=26 March 2021 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723142134/https://greennews.ie/revised-climate-bill-feature/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The party also secured significantly increased budgets for active and sustainable travel including greenways and cycle lanes, the LocalLink rural bus network, decreases in public transport fares, a new forestry programme, increased incentives for solar and for retrofit, and the recognition of the circular economy. Outside of the core climate and environmental policies the party also implemented a pilot scheme for a basic income for the arts sector and large cuts in childcare costs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGee |first=Harry |date=21 October 2023 |title=Greens in power: How the party has quietly become the most effective member of Coalition |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/10/21/greens-in-power-will-second-difficult-album-turn-out-to-be-a-hit/ |access-date=26 July 2024 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2024, the [[European Union]] [[Environment Council]] approved the [[Nature Restoration Law]] which was described as "among the EU's biggest environmental policies". The role of Eamon Ryan in convincing other ministers to support the law was considered to be pivotal to its success.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zoete |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Zoete |date=17 June 2024 |title=European Green Party congratulates the courageous Green ministers who secured the Nature Restoration Law |url=https://europeangreens.eu/news/european-green-party-congratulates-the-courageous-green-ministers-who-secured-the/ |access-date=26 July 2024 |website=[[European Green Party|European Greens]]}}</ref>