Written answers
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Climate Action Plan
Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual payment by her 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. [4952/25]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The annual payment to the climate action fund scheme for International air travel over the past five years (2020-2024) is outlined in tabular form below. My Department will sum the total of all emissions liabilities incurred over the course of 2025 and then make a payment to the fund manager as set out in Circular 01/2020.
A detailed breakdown of the carbon emissions in tabular form by trip in each of the past five years and to date in 2025 can be found in the attachment.
Year | Carbon Emission per Tonne | Amount per Tonne | Total amount |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 3.7251 | €26 | €96.85 |
2021 | 4.7093 | €33.50 | €157.76 |
2022 | 26.2473 | €41 | €1076.14 |
2023 | 61.41 | €48.50 | €2,978.39 |
2024 | 50.14 | €56 | €2,807.84* |
2025 | 6.100 | €63.50 | €387.35* |
">Carbon Emissions 2020-2025
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