As the Deputy is aware, from the 1 January 2020, all Government Departments and Offices have been instructed to calculate and record the carbon emissions associated with flights they have taken.
Each Department is then required to value every tonne of carbon emissions their air travel gives rise to at the prevailing rate of the carbon tax.
Since the establishment of my Department in June 2020, my officials have applied these procedures.
The table below outlines a summary of the record of carbon emissions and value associated with flights taken by officials within my Department.
The information sought by the Deputy for the agencies within my remit, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to liaise with them directly with this matter.
Table 1: DFHERIS payments to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
Year
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Tonne
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Amounts per Tonne
|
Total Amount:
|
2022
|
23.882
|
€41.00
|
€979.16
|
2021
|
3.8529
|
€33.50
|
€136.65
|
2020
|
3.4315
|
€26.00
|
€89.22
|
Bodies under the Aegis of Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Agency
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Address
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CEO
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Email address
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An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (SOLAS)
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1 Castleforbes House Castleforbes Road, Dublin 1, D01 A8N0
|
Andrew Brownlee
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info@solas.ie / communications@solas.ie
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Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA)
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Grangegorman Development Agency, 4th Floor Park House,191 North Circular Road,Dublin 7D07 EWV4
|
Gerrard Casey
|
communications@ggda.ie
|
Higher Education Authority (HEA)
|
3 Shelbourne Buildings, Crampton Avenue, Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 C2Y6
|
Dr Alan Wall
|
info@hea.ie
|
Irish Research Council (IRC)
|
3 Shelbourne Buildings, Crampton Avenue, Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 C2Y6
|
Dr Alan Wall
|
info@research.ie
|
Léargas - The Exchange Bureau
|
Kings Inns House, Parnell Street, Dublin 1, D01 A3Y8
|
Lorraine Gilligan
|
info@leargas.ie
|
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
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26/27 Denzille Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland, D02 P266
|
Dr. Padraig Walsh
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info@qqi.ie
|
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
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Three Park Place, Hatch Street Upper, Dublin 2, D02 FX65
|
Philip Nolan (Prof)
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Info@sfi.ie
|
Skillnet Ireland CLG
|
5th Floor, Q House, 76 Furze Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18, D18 E268
|
Paul Healy
|
info@skillnetireland.ie
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