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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he aware that the approval for State aid for the RESS is due to expire at the end of 2025; the steps he has taken to extend this into 2026; the measures that have been taken to negotiate approval for another five year period; the way in which he ensure there is no break in State aid for RESS as there have been for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on offshore renewable energy; if there are plans to development more than 900 MW currently planned; if there is sufficient grid capacity to facilitate additional developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17708/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reviews (9 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the land use review; when he anticipates this will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17709/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on floating offshore wind; if he plans to progress any pilot projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department is taking to ensure that there is sufficient land zoned for renewable energy to meet Ireland’s 2030 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17711/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (9 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an audit of State-owned buildings has been carried out to ascertain the level of insulation, solar panels, heat pumps and other energy-saving measures have been taken in the past ten years, and planned for in the next five years. [17948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that have been taken in relation to EU directives on the circular economy vis-a-vis textiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17949/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 1. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the transition to renewable heat; if he has considered measures to increase the use of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17836/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: I ask the Minister for an update on renewable heat and whether he has considered measures to increase the use of biofuels because, when it comes to our transition to renewable heat, alarm bells should be ringing. No matter what way you look at it, Ireland has no hope of meeting its targets. For years, the Government has been acting as if heat pumps were the only show in town, but experience...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: The Minister is probably aware that we have retrofitted only 12% of our BER B2 target for 2030 and 5% of the heat pump target. I acknowledge that the Minister stated heat pumps represent the optimal approach. For newer, efficient buildings, heat pumps are the obvious choice but the cost of making people's homes pump-ready makes an immediate switch impossible. Some 70,000 people rely on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister know when that assessment will be completed? The grants are clearly too low and will not suit people who do not have €50,000 to invest in their home. There are many people, particularly older people, who have been using some sort of liquid fuel to heat their houses for many years. They are not going to leave their homes for a few months, rent somewhere or stay...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 3. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on energy security; what the Government means when it refers to a "State-led" LNG facility; what "State-led" means in this context; if there will be a commercial element; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17837/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: The question is to ask the Minister what he means when he refers to a "State-led" LNG facility. What exactly does that mean, and will there be a commercial element? The Tánaiste was in the United States recently and is there at the moment. Did the question of buying gas from the United States or from friends of Donald Trump come up at that meeting? The Minister mentioned legal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply and I am somewhat reassured by the answer, but there is a lot of fear out there at the moment. Some of it comes from the geopolitical situation but some of it has not been helped by a heightening of fear within the Government. With wars, tariffs and the slide into right-wing extremism that is going on, people are apprehensive. The President of the United...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: We understand that the Government must keep the lights on and that it is important, if it is justifiable in those reports, that the reserve must be in place. The Government, however, also has a responsibility to ensure that costs do not spiral out of control. To take the experience in Germany, when it introduced its strategic LNG reserve it invested heavily in four terminals in 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to reduce household energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on offshore wind; the measures his Department is taking to accelerate delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17831/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department has taken to extend or (re)negotiate State aid for the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17833/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the development of long-duration energy storage in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work his Department has carried out to ensure that our infrastructure is resilient to climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16102/25]