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You can find Comhar documents by using the filter below or you can search directly through the table of documents, which is organised by date. The filter finds documents using three search options; document type, theme or year. 

The  document are organised by type including presentations (presentations given by Comhar at various events- for presentations from events held by Comhar, please refer to the events section), pamphlets, reports ( internal and commissioned research reports on various topics), recommendations (recommendations to various government departments on sustainability issues), press releases, Chairman's Commentary (a personal account of sustainability issues from the Comhar Chairman Professor Frank Convery. Commentaries can also be found on the Chairman's blog- where you can leave comments) and tenders (Comhar's calls for proposals for research and services).

Some of Comhar's reports are available as a hard copy. Please email niamh.kirwan(at)environ.ie, if you would like a hard copy of any of the reports.

You can also find documents relating to the Comhar Council Membership (list of current and past members of Comhar's Council), Comhar Plenary Documents (minutes and presentations from the quarterly meetings held by the Comhar Council), Comhar Terms of Reference (official document outlining the purpose and structure of Comhar), Working Groups (members of Comhar's working groups, which are made up of Comhar council members and other experts and focus on a topic of sustainability) and the Comhar Work Programme (outlines what Comhar intends to do in each work period, which last 3 years).

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Collapse 10/35 Record of Recommendations 93 kB
 
Record of Recommendations made to Government by Comhar SDC.
Collapse 10/21 Comhar SDC Recommendations - Budget 2010 and Revised Programme for Government 37 kB
 
Comhar SDC Recommendations to Government on Budget 2010 and Revised Programme for Government
Collapse 10/04 Comhar SDC Recommendations- EU 2020 131 kB
 
The EU 2020 Strategy aims to put in place a policy framework for “a new sustainable social market economy, a smarter, greener economy, where our prosperity will come from innovation and from using resources better, and where the key input will be knowledge”.  While this overall objective is welcome, Comhar SDC believes that the “EU 2020” Strategy must be compatible with principles of sustainable development.  This is essential if economic recovery is not to undermine the long term ecological resilience and social cohesion in Europe.
Collapse 09/74 Comhar SDC Recommendations- Snipping Away at Sustainability 352 kB
 
The report of the special group chaired by Colm McCarthy (An Bord Snip Nua) provides a very useful audit of public expenditure upon which proposals for expenditure reduction can contribute to stabilisation of the public finances. However, it must be recognised that decisions taken now could easily lead to unintended outcomes that have the potential to cost more in the long run. Ireland will have to meet a range of challenging European targets on energy and climate, as well as biodiversity, at a time when people’s main concern is the economy.Comhar SDC wishes to make a constructive input to these difficult decisions and in this report we make the case for a Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) so that policies are based on evidence of short term and long term benefits as well as cost effectiveness.
Collapse 09/62 Comhar SDC Recommendations- Sustainable Development in Governance 230 kB
 
The new government taking office in June 2007 has an opportunity to make sustainable development the fulcrum around which national policy in all areas can be built. We believe that time is of the essence, and that this commitment needs to inform the actions of government from the beginning of its term. While much progress has been made, it is now opportune to make Ireland a leader in development that is sustainable.
Collapse 09/61 Comhar SDC Recommendations- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Statement of Strategy 43 kB
 
The purpose of the strategy is to set priorities for the work of the Department for the three-year period from 2008-2010. Comhar SDC recommendations on the draft Strategy related to energy and natural resources.
Collapse 09/60 Comhar SDC Recommendations- OECD Review of the Irish Public Sector 53 kB
 
The recommendations were drawn in part from Comhar Sustainable Development Council’s 2006 Recommendations on Sustainability in the National Development Plan 2007-2013.
Collapse 09/59 Comhar SDC Recommendations- Department of Environment Statement of Strategy 46 kB
 
Comhar SDC responded to the invitation to make an input to the drafting of the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government Statement of Strategy.
Collapse 09/58 Comhar SDC Recommendations- Department of Transport Statement of Strategy 37 kB
 
In 2007, the Department of Transport developed a new Strategy Statement to set priorities for the work of the Department for the three-year period from 2008-2010 which Comhar SDC made recommendations on.
Collapse 09/56 Comhar SDC Recommendations- Recommendations on the 2nd National Biodiversity Plan 1.09 MB
 
Biodiversity Forum recommendations to the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the 2nd National Biodiversity Action Plan. 

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