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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Regarding officials in his Department expressing concerns that policy choices will have to be made between data centre expansion for AI and housing delivery and the priorities relating to same, will the Minister make a statement?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Anybody who was in the House for any period earlier today will realise the priority and urgency afforded to the housing crisis. There are 15,580 people homeless. Then there is the rest, which Minister would have heard about, such as the average cost of rent being above €2,000. There is a housing emergency but instead of prioritising homes, this Government and those that preceded it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister have a view on what the CRU said about mandating data centres to have a supply of electricity for themselves? Access to public infrastructure and our natural resources has been prioritised for data centres. However, the energy regulator in the Netherlands has the power to prioritise projects that identify social goals which can be prioritised for connection to the energy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in meeting the 2030 retrofitting and heat pump targets; the measures his Department taking to accelerate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30274/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: I ask the Minister to outline the progress made towards meeting the 2030 retrofitting and heat pump targets. Similarly to the EU targets, these measures seem to be out of reach for many people who are of limited means. What measures are his Department taking to accelerate this?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Murhur National School in Moyvane, in north Kerry, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. I wish the principal, Finola Fogarty, and all the school community, staff and past pupils all the best. I am sure the Taoiseach would agree that children with additional needs in rural areas are just as entitled to a full education as those in urban areas. In Murhur there are five children in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 34. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy will next meet. [25610/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 76. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will next meet. [25611/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to support renewable energy communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30275/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to accelerate the transition to renewable heat; if he has considered introducing supports for renewable fuels for home heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has plans to legislate and assign more functions on the CRU to introduce energy market reforms to reduce the price of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30277/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to progress onshore and offshore renewables; if he expects that Ireland’s 2030 targets will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30273/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 28 May 2025, the funding that was allocated to the Irish environmental network in 2025; and the estimated cost of increasing this funding by 10%, 25%, 50% and 100% in 2026, in tabular form. [29558/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Grid (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of current funding from the Exchequer that was provided to Eirgrid in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Grid (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of capital funding from the Exchequer that was provided to Eirgrid in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new levy (details supplied) that will added to energy bills to pay for the planned FRSU; the amount of revenue this levy will be required to generate each year; if any analysis has been done on the additional cost to households; the amount the average the household energy bill will increase by through the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed new levy on customer's energy bills to pay for the strategic emergency gas reserve; if he plans to carry out any consultation; the amount he anticipates this levy will cost the average household annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29965/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of how the revenue generated from the temporary solidarity contribution has been allocated; the breakdown of amount that has been spent and of how much has yet to be allocated; the reason this revenue has not been allocated or spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of how the revenue generated from the cap on market revenues has been allocated; the breakdown of the amount that has been spent; the breakdown of the amount that has yet to be allocated; the reason this revenue has not been allocated or spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on phase 2 of the land use review; when it will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30182/25]