Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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32. 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 2023 and up to the end of October 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45451/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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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 so as to allow for error corrections or late payments.

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 2024, 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 31/05/2024. Information on the payments related to 2024 will not be available until 2025.