Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [4965/25]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with the provisions of Circular 01/2020 Procedures for Offsetting the Emissions associated with air travel, the value of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with Departmental travel in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 is set out in the table below.

Payments equivalent to these values have been made to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications under the Climate Action Fund as required under the Circular.

The 2024 figures are yet to be finalised by our Travel Provider but will be paid over to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications by the due date of end February 2025.