Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government delegation since the formation of the Government; the media organisation they represented; the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41600/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Members of the media would generally not travel with me as part of an official delegation at international engagements. I do note on one occasion during a visit to China for St. Patrick's Day 2023, a journalist from the Journal.ie accompanied me. There was no cost to the Department as the publication funded the Journalist's trip.