Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57318/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Two officials from my Department attended the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (COP27). These officials were from the Climate Services, Research and Applications Division of Met Éireann. The costs incurred from this travel to date, is approximately €4,320 in respect of flights, hotels, transfers etc. Given that the conference has finished just recently, it is expected these costs will increase slightly when the officials input their respective travel and subsistence claims.

The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is set out in the following table: