Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 424: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to offset the carbon dioxide emissions caused by ministerial travel in his Department; and if none to date, the plans he will put in place on the matter. [34269/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I fully support the commitment in the current Programme for Government to "require carbon offsetting of all official air travel in support of urban forests". I understand that my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, will shortly announce details of a scheme for use by all Government Departments and bodies under their aegis which will address this commitment. Once the details are announced, the new scheme will be appropriately implemented by my Department.