The Government's carbon budgets were passed by the Dáil without requiring a vote - a significant part of the climate action plan.
Leas Ceann Comhairle Catherine Connolly said a vote was not necessary as fewer than ten deputies opposed the measure.
Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action Brian Leddin hailed the outcome as "a big milestone".
The Green TD said it was particularly important given the latest UN report this week which "...highlighted the catastrophic situation we're facing if we don't take radical action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions".
While Sinn Féin has consistently opposed next month's hike in the carbon tax, the party indicated earlier in the Dáil chamber that it would not oppose the carbon budgets.
Members of the Rural Independent Group had sought to call a vote in opposition to the measure - including Mattie McGrath, Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy- Rae, Michael Collins, Carol Nolan, Richard O'Donoghue, Independent group member Michael Fitzmaurice and Independent TD Verona Murphy.
Friends of the Earth Ireland Chief Executive Oisin Coghlan said: "Tonight was a vital milestone on the road to sustained climate action. This was the first time the Oireachtas has adopted binding short-term climate pollution targets. And crucially it was done on an all-party basis.
The carbon budgets will be a key driver of action across all government departments and a key lever for the Oireachtas to hold the Government to account."
A carbon budget represents the total amount of emissions that may be emitted in the State, measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Meanwhile, the Taoiseach has defended the planned increase in the Carbon Tax next month and said the levy is structured to help those on the lowest incomes.
He said the ending of the pandemic had resulted in an "inflationary cycle".
Micheál Martin said that Government could not respond on a "week by week" basis to rising energy costs.
He was responding to Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald who called for the increase to be cancelled.
She said low income workers and older people had been hit especially hard.
She called for the Government to introduce an emergency budget.
Meanwhile, Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy has said that there must be a "credible and meaningful response" to provide relief to those struggling with the rising cost of living.
She said that "household budgets have been vaporised" that this particularly impacts on low to middle incomes and those on fixed incomes.
Ms Murphy said that while there has been a lot of political debate on the Carbon Tax, VAT is the "taxation elephant in the room".
"VAT I am sure you will agree is considerably more and ever increasing given the enormous price rises in energy and prove which provides an unprecedented windfall to Government."
She said that last year the Government took in €3 billion more in VAT than in 2020 and that this largely came from energy costs.
Ms Murphy asked the Taoiseach to outline details of the application for a VAT derogation that the Government has made to the European Council and she also asked him to indicate when he anticipates a response to this application.
