Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress his Department has achieved in reducing its carbon footprint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51132/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Since the baseline year of 2009, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has taken part in the Public Sector National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for reducing energy usage. To date the Department has achieved a reduction of 38% in terms of its energy usage under this action plan.

This Department is projected to achieve the national target of 33% savings by the 2020 deadline.