Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

In relation to your recent trips to the U S, i.e. U N and Simon this week to Washington. Can you clarify the following please, How many support officials did you have with you? How did you travel? The cost of Travel for you and your support officials? The cost of accommodation for you and your support officials? What benefit accrued to Ireland from your trip? Could you have delivered any speech given via Zoom or similar means? You want us to walk where we can - cycle where we cannot walk to - take public transport to where we cannot cycle to - how does your travel trips tie in with this concept? What benefit accrues by being a member of whatever section of the U N that we are attached to? Do we not have someone who attends on our behalf and could that person not have fulfilled any engagement that you thought was necessary for you to attend or delivered any speech that you delivered - which presumably once delivered are effectively forgotten about?