Written answers
Thursday, 24 February 2022
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Telecommunications Services
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to improve mobile telephone coverage in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Postcode System
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will give consideration to providing an Eircode to sports clubs and community organisations that do not have... - Energy Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role he envisages for natural gas as an energy source to 2030 and beyond; the consequences in this regard for... - Air Quality
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to support local authorities in enforcing air quality regulations in Ireland; and if he will make... - North-South Interconnector
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will receive the review of the North-South interconnector; and if he intends to publish the review. [10509/22] - Environmental Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work being undertaken by his Department to achieve the target of 400 free retrofitting upgrades per month; and if he... - Wind Energy Generation
99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to ensure citizen engagement with offshore wind energy projects in Ireland; and if he will make a... - Energy Production
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to encourage the generation of energy for provision to the grid by private individuals, organisations or... - Climate Action Plan
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the efforts by his Department to develop a green hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on... - Energy Policy
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the energy security review of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems; when he expects the... - Environmental Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of upgrades provided under the warmth and well-being scheme, by year and county; and the way the scheme will... - Wind Energy Generation
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to expedite harnessing the vast wind energy resource off the west coast of Ireland;... - Waste Management
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of proposals to provide an annual support towards the cost of bin charges for homes in which a family member... - National Broadband Plan
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the new rolling timelines for the provision of the national broadband plan; the steps that are now being introduced to... - North-South Interconnector
110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the up-to-date position concerning the review commissioned by his Department in respect of the proposed North-South... - Fuel Poverty
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty 2016-2019 will be updated; when the review of the implementation of the... - Renewable Energy Generation
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work he will undertake in 2022 to continue the process of ramping up Ireland’s renewable energy output.... - North-South Interconnector
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact delays to the North-South interconnector had on energy security; and his views on whether the project could... - Environmental Schemes
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of home retrofits that were completed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10477/22] - Departmental Policies
117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he is taking to ensure carers and disabled persons are not adversely affected due to the introduction of... - Air and Water Pollution
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has read reports that reduced activity during initial Covid-19 lockdowns prevented more than 800 air... - Post Office Network
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the interdepartmental group on post offices; and when the report of the group will be... - Climate Action Plan
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the national youth climate assembly is on track to commence in early March 2022; the way that the assembly will be... - National Broadband Plan
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the roll-out of high-speed rural broadband in south-western areas of County Cork. [9367/22] - Climate Action Plan
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national heat study will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10479/22] - National Broadband Plan
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work that is under way to mitigate the current delay in the roll-out of the national broadband plan, particularly... - Renewable Energy Generation
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 4 November 2021, the status of the deployment through the Sustainable... - Illegal Dumping
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the progress to update legislation and regulation to enable local authorities to use CCTV in their... - Energy Conservation
131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 30 November 2021 and No. 232 of 1 February 2022, when a reply will issue;... - National Broadband Plan
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the present position regarding the roll-out of the national broadband plan in respect of counties Cavan and Monaghan;... - Environmental Schemes
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the projected amounts that will be raised from the carbon tax that are ring-fenced for retrofitting... - Data Centres
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 3 November 2021, the engagement he or his Department has had to date with... - National Broadband Plan
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan to homes in County Limerick to date; and the steps being... - Energy Policy
137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will devise an all-island anti-fracking strategy; and if he has spoken with his counterpart in Northern Ireland... - Environmental Schemes
139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way his Department will achieve the target of 400 free home retrofits per month; and if he will make a statement on... - Sustainable Energy Communities
141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will increase the funding for the sustainable energy communities programme; and if he will make a statement on... - Telecommunications Services
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the communications his Department has had to date with mobile telephone companies in relation to the investigation and... - Environmental Schemes
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the market model being used to develop the retrofitting sector; the way he will address affordability issues in... - Energy Policy
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support a legislative proposal to implement an outright ban on LNGs in the State; and if he will make a... - National Broadband Plan
147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis that has been carried out into accelerating the roll-out of the national broadband plan in 2022 in order... - Energy Production
151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he has incentivised micro-energy providers; the way he has encouraged domestic, commercial and agricultural... - Cybersecurity Policy
152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an update will be provided on the work of the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement on the... - Flood Risk Management
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the increased threat of... - Illegal Dumping
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available to local authorities to combat littering and illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on... - Energy Prices
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if persons in private rented accommodation who pay an energy bill separate to others in the same building must have a... - Climate Action Plan
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he is approaching the framing of sectoral carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9460/22] - Cybersecurity Policy
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the increases in funding that have been given to the National Cyber Security Centre over the past 12 months; his views... - Energy Prices
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the proposed energy grant will be reviewed in light of ongoing inflation in energy prices; and if he will make a... - Environmental Schemes
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the avenues available to customers of State retrofit schemes who have complaints in relation to... - National Broadband Plan
162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the excessive use of different legal entities and vehicles which has increased legal, accounting and other... - Air Quality
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the proposed establishment of dedicated resources within regional lead authorities to provide... - National Broadband Plan
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide further details on the efforts to accelerate the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the steps... - Environmental Schemes
165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is making provision for experimentation in the roll-out of the energy upgrade programme so that the impact of... - Climate Action Plan
166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has made a request to date to Galway city and county councils for the preparation of their local authority... - Environmental Schemes
168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide additional details on the one-stop -shop model of the national retrofitting scheme and the way it... - Climate Action Plan
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the carbon tax and the current cost of living crisis given previous reports, including the ESRI...
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