Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that is being paid by the State to Europe per annum in relation to the Kyoto agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16556/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Ireland, as a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, makes annual contributions towards the core budgets of both the Convention and the Protocol. In addition, Ireland makes an annual contribution to the cost of the International Transaction Log, which verifies transactions by National Registries in order to ensure consistency with the rules of the Kyoto Protocol. The amount of these contributions is based on a biennial programme budget adopted by Conferences of the Parties. Ireland's contributions in the current biennium (2010-2011) to the Convention, Protocol and Transaction Log are €126,651, €94,443 and €45,656, respectively. They are paid directly to the Convention secretariat rather than through the European Union.