Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sector under which emissions from the Defence Forces are accounted for under the carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings; and if the Defence Forces emissions are accounted for when reporting emissions to the European Union and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [57075/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for compiling the inventories of greenhouse gas emissions, including public sector bodies, for Ireland and for reporting the data to the EU and UNFCCC. The latest report, published in October 2021, details the provisional estimates of Ireland’s greenhouse gas figures for the years 1990-2020, and can be found online at the following link: www.epa.ie/publications/monitoring--assessment/climate-change/air-emissions/irelands-provisional-greenhouse-gas-emissions-1990-2020.php.  

For the Defence Forces, the stationary emissions from heating military buildings, are reported under 'Public Services'. The mobile emissions, from vehicles and aircraft are reported under 'Road Transport' and 'Civil Aviation' respectively.

In accordance with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Regulations 2021, the emissions included in carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings under the recently enacted Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 will be based upon those in the EPA inventories.