Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these emissions; the amounts paid to the Climate Action Fund by each Department, agency and body required to do so under the procedures for offsetting the emissions associated with official air travel for 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19217/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Payments in accordance with the provisions of Circular 01/2020 (Procedures for Offsetting the Emissions Associated with Official Air Travel) are made into the Climate Action Fund (CAF) for which my Department has responsibility.

It is important to note that payments are not made directly into the CAF, as any transfers into the CAF are subject to prior approval by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. This approval is usually sought later in the year for operational reasons.

It is the responsibility of individual bodies to ensure that the correct payments are made to the CAF in relation to the Circular. It is also the responsibility of individual bodies to estimate the carbon emissions associated with every official flight taken and to keep a central record of these emissions. While my Department does not keep a central record of every Bodies carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes, I have provided information on payments due to be transferred to the Fund in 2025, subject to approval by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, in the attached table. This represents what has been received and verified up to 11 April 2025. Information attached refers only to payments related to official air travel in 2024, and is subject to some change before submission to the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform later this year.