Written answers

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Department of Education and Skills

Climate Action Plan

Photo of Aidan FarrellyAidan 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]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen 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*
* The Department intends to comply with the deadline of 28 February of the following year for payments to the Climate Action Fund, as set out in Circular 01/2020.

">Carbon Emissions 2020-2025

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