Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

On the plans of the Department of the Taoiseach to become carbon neutral, has a target date been set and what changes might be imposed on the Department? Has any comparison been carried out between, for example, the greater use of commercial travel and ministerial travel in terms of yesterday's discussion? I appreciate that the business of Government is becoming more complex and I understand the need for speedy travel arrangements, but the figure in question has climbed dramatically in recent years. We have just had an exchange about the capacity of modern technology to ease that burden. I presume this is a dimension of the Department of the Taoiseach's performance that has a significant impact in terms of carbon emissions.

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