Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4951/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In line with Circular 01/2020 issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Government Departments, Offices and agencies are, with effect from 1 January 2020, required to record, monitor, and value the greenhouse gas emissions associated with official air travel usage and, no later than 28 February each year, make a payment to the Fund Manager of the statutory Climate Action Fund related to these emissions for the preceding year.

The tables below set out details of flight and payments made to the Fund Manager in respect of Carbon Emissions due on air travel associated with my Department for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

As the return for 2024 is not due until 28 February 2025, unfortunately these figures are not yet readily available.

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