Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Defence
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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368. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline any figures that are available for the annual carbon footprint for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43574/25]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The following table gives a breakdown of the Defence Forces CO2 emissions (kgCO2) for all energy consumption in 2024.
Defence Forces CO2 emissions figures 2024
| Source | KgCO2 | % breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| Net Electricity imports | 7,417,362 | 22% |
| Road Diesel | 3,738,866 | 11% |
| Marine gasoil | 7,283,317 | 22% |
| Kerosene | 1,123,244 | 3% |
| LPG | 958,398 | 3% |
| Natural Gas | 7,925,234 | 24% |
| Marked Diesel | 334,049 | 1% |
| Jet A1 Kerosene | 4,218,567 | 13% |
| Total | 32,999,037 | 100% |
The Defence Forces is mandated to report its energy performance annually through the Monitoring and Reporting platform run by SEAI. The CO2 baseline 2016-18 for the DF across all sectors was 61,392,000 kg CO2. The final emissions of CO2 in 2024 for the Defence Forces represents a 49.5% reduction on the baseline. The DF Energy Management System which is accredited to ISO 50,001 was recertified in 2024 by an external auditor.
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