Written answers
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Rental Sector
223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department intends to take to promote energy efficiency in rented homes; if his attention has been drawn... - Energy Prices
224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with electricity and gas companies in relation to proposed increase in prices; if he has... - Environmental Policy
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider bringing forward legislation to regulate light pollution; and if he will make a statement on the... - Environmental Schemes
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the deep retrofit scheme will be in place and ready for contractors to begin work; and if he will make a statement... - State Bodies
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no one stop shops listed on the SEAI websites that the SEAI... - Electricity Generation
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that guidelines on the planning, design, construction and operation of small-scale hydroelectric schemes and... - Environmental Impact Assessments
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a plant (details supplied) will require an environmental impact assessment under the EIA Directive of the EU. [19276/22] - Waste Management
232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will list the extended producer responsibility schemes that are in place for recovering waste material funded by... - Wind Energy Generation
234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects that pylons will be erected and wind energy generated in a maritime area (details supplied); and if he... - Electricity Generation
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will allow microgenerated electricity to be sold to the State; the reason for the delay regarding... - Environmental Schemes
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications waiting to be approved under the warmer homes scheme; the current average wait time for... - Offshore Exploration
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 22 March 2022, the reason that a licence (details supplied) is omitted... - Environmental Schemes
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a matter regarding an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Wind Energy Generation
242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will advise on a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence in relation to windfarm developments; and if... - National Broadband Plan
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the acceleration of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in 2022 to catch-up with the recently... - Environmental Schemes
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the SEAI one-stop-shop complete home energy upgrade service (details supplied) will be available given that the... - Departmental Policies
246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider placing a price cap on standing charges from utility companies; and if he will make a statement on... - Post Office Network
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is in a position to provide clarity on the timing and intention of Government regarding publishing a plan on... - Departmental Staff
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by his... - Environmental Schemes
251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his proposals to reduce the unacceptable waiting time for works to be carried out under the better energy warmer homes... - Apprenticeship Programmes
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit run apprenticeship programmes or are... - Departmental Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons employed by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department with a rate of pay below... - Renewable Energy Generation
255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and total value of solar photovoltaic grants provided in 2021; the average grant provided; and if he will... - Departmental Priorities
256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that the 2021 estimates for the energy transformation programme outlined in the estimates under the Budget... - Departmental Staff
261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has given consideration to implementing a programme similar to the Shared Rural Network as was recently rolled... - Post Office Network
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 3 March 2022, if he will contact An Post given that the issue has not been... - Data Centres
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a moratorium on data centre applications in the Dublin region; the position of Eirgrid on new data centre... - Energy Policy
266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is currently assessing an alternate method to deliver the €200 rebate payment to those... - Mining Industry
267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an application for a prospecting licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Fuel Prices
268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider establishing a national and independent investigation into price competition and supply logistics... - Environmental Policy
270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of ban on smoky fuel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19981/22] - Departmental Staff
271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit facilitate internships by students... - Fuel Prices
273. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a supply of 2 million litres of agricultural green diesel for the farm and forestry contractor service will be... - Climate Change Policy
275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government will establish a national just transition commission without delay (details supplied). [20052/22] - Energy Policy
278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20124/22] - Electricity Generation
279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average percentage share of the overall electricity generation produced by projects under the renewable electricity... - National Postcode System
282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 7 April 2022, if this Eircode can be expedited to help accommodate a... - Departmental Priorities
284. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce rules on noise governing the use of bird scarers or crow bangers; and if he will make a... - National Broadband Plan
285. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the number of properties... - Medical Aids and Appliances
286. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the €75 support for persons with long-term medical incontinence to help meet the average annual cost of... - Energy Usage
287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the special measures his Department is taking to reduce energy usage in the scenario in which members of the public are... - Fuel Poverty
288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views in relation to the health impact arising from fuel poverty; his further views on the need for greater... - Electricity Generation
290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made to date in bringing forward legislation to facilitate micro-generation of electricity... - Environmental Schemes
291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that there are far more grants available to the SEAI one stop shop scheme (details supplied). [20339/22] - Departmental Funding
294. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding (details supplied) that has been allocated has been drawn down and spent; if there has been a follow up or... - Environmental Schemes
295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant for batteries relative to PV panels has been discontinued;... - Fuel Poverty
303. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the implementation of an energy guarantee under which all older persons over the age... - Energy Policy
304. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is working with local government to identify barriers to progress of community energy projects and... - Environmental Schemes
305. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the complete range of energy efficiency grants available from the SEAI for home improvements and retrofits under the... - Electricity Grid
306. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that use pre-pay meters for their energy requirements; the number of these that are older... - Fuel Prices
308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the ring fencing of a supply of 200 million litres of agricultural green diesel and... - Turf Cutting
309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of households that purchase turf from commercial operators for domestic heating; and if he will... - Environmental Schemes
310. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any consideration has been given to prioritising retrofits for households that still burn solid fuels for heating... - Departmental Funding
311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional funding and personnel will be provided to Eirgrid and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to... - National Broadband Plan
312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is considering extensions of the rollout of the National Broadband Plan to accommodate commercially... - Electricity Generation
313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if electricity companies are currently paying customers for surplus solar energy being fed back onto the grid; the... - Fisheries Protection
317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he received the draft management plan from Inland Fisheries Ireland in relation to a number of lakes including... - Air Quality
318. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the support he can offer to residents in Glanmire who are raising issues with air quality. [20919/22] - Departmental Funding
320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding for the Environmental Protection Agency research activities for the past three years in tabular form; and... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that is being made as regards to reviewing the policy position on the development of private wires and... - Environmental Policy
324. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department intends to introduce further legislative measures pertaining to existing industrial emissions licence... - Air Quality
325. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that he intends enforce the new air quality regulations; if such enforcement will carry criminal or civil... - Natural Gas Grid
327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to explore proposals for the installation of a floating storage and regasification liquified natural gas... - Departmental Data
328. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland National Energy Research Development and Demonstration... - Data Protection
329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a piece of surveillance technology (details supplied) is being used by his Department or any agencies under his... - Broadband Infrastructure
330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Environmental Policy
332. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the Government’s strategy on fast fashion will... - Post Office Network
333. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to support the post... - Energy Policy
334. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the State has started to repurchase coal from the Cerrejón mine in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Schemes
335. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether grants can be made available for financing self-builds that are classed as eco-friendly homes; and...
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