Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his Department (details supplied) from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4249/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, from the 1 January 2020, all Government Departments and Offices have been instructed to calculate and record the carbon emissions associated with flights they have taken.

Each Department is then required to value every tonne of carbon emissions their air travel gives rise to at the prevailing rate of the carbon tax.

Since the establishment of my Department in June 2020, my officials have applied these procedures.

The table below outlines a summary of the record of carbon emissions and value associated with flights taken by officials within my Department.

The information sought by the Deputy for the agencies within my remit, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to liaise with them directly with this matter.

Table 1: DFHERIS payments to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.

Bodies under the Aegis of Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science