Written answers
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Local Government Management Agency has submitted draft codes of practice so that standards can be set for the... - Air Quality
80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the expansion of the national air quality monitoring network under the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring... - Broadband Infrastructure
82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the potential of universal broadband connectivity to transform livelihoods and the delivery of... - Energy Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update regarding improving measures to avoid disconnections for energy customers. [24647/23] - Climate Action Plan
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can detail the actions that the Climate Action Plan for 2024 will take that will address the projected overshoot... - Environmental Policy
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how it is intended to have each of the major sectors adopt a circular approach; and if he will make a statement on the... - Energy Prices
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has plans to ensure the Commission for Regulation of Utilities will regulate the prices charged to consumers on... - North-South Interconnector
91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected timeframe for completion of the North South Interconnector; the number of landowners that will be affected... - Climate Change Policy
92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for the Government's strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change and promoting sustainable development; if he... - Energy Prices
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail the extent to which the mandate and resourcing of the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been brought to the recently published EPA report “Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions... - Renewable Energy Generation
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the potential of renewable energy to transform livelihoods and the scope for regional economic... - Energy Prices
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered introducing a windfall tax to capture the windfall profits of energy producers accrued from March... - Climate Change Policy
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will indicate the progress in embedding a public sector climate mandate; the key performance indicators which are... - Electricity Grid
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department should have more stringent guidelines in place for contractors to ensure that ESBN NC6 applications... - Energy Conservation
99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received in the first quarter of 2023 for Cork County under the SEAI Free Energy Upgrades;... - National Broadband Plan
100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the difficulties many householders and business owners are having in relation to accessing adequate... - Energy Usage
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged with energy providers to ensure that all electricity customers with smart meters, and... - Energy Prices
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce a community energy advice service; and if there are existing plans within his Department in... - Legislative Measures
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify when his Department will issue a money message or a reasoned response for the Petroleum and other... - National Broadband Plan
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan for each of the deployment areas across the... - Energy Policy
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 April 2023, the status of the review of the security of energy supply... - Litter Pollution
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proposals, if any, there are to have additional publicity programmes regarding the need to deal with the... - Climate Change Policy
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 27 April 2023, the expected timeline for the implementation of local... - Energy Prices
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is concerned at the deviation in trends between wholesale gas and electricity prices and what consumers are... - Cybersecurity Policy
110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the State is at a proper preparedness level to counteract any possible cyberattacks on the... - National Broadband Plan
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to indicate the full extent of the progress to date in making high speed modern broadband available throughout the... - Cybersecurity Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the challenge of artificial intelligence is being integrated into Ireland's National Cyber Security Strategy. [28683/23] - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the findings of the EPA’s Ireland’s GHG Emissions Projections 2022-2040 report; his plans to... - Cybersecurity Policy
114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which priority can be given to measures to offset and combat cyber-attacks in the future; the extent to... - Departmental Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 28 February 2023, the status of the small-scale generation support scheme;... - Legislative Programme
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he intends to present legislation to Dáil Éireann for a Just Transition Commission; and if he will make... - Energy Production
117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline his plans to support the production of biomethane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28880/23] - Public Sector Pensions
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the 2% pension increase due to An Post workers will be authorised; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - Departmental Schemes
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the community projects under RESS 1 and RESS 2; his plans to publish any analysis carried out by his... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can clarify if recent EPA projections of GHG emissions for the next two carbon budget adequately account for the... - Wind Energy Generation
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what engagement his Department is having with local fishermen around the coast about the construction of offshore wind... - Energy Policy
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the review of security of energy supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Waste Management
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what assessments, if any, the Government have made concerning the remunicipalisation of waste and the various models... - Departmental Budgets
124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in order to... - Public Service Obligation
125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to review the application of the PSO levy given the disproportionate burden it currently places on... - Energy Prices
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline what short and long-term measures his Department is currently seeking to ease the burden of energy costs for... - Energy Policy
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify whether the Energy Security Review must include liability and insurance cover in the consideration... - Closed-Circuit Television Systems
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the enacting of legislation that will permit local authorities to install CCTV cameras in the... - Energy Prices
131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update as to whether a process has been agreed by which full-time residents in mobile homes can... - Energy Production
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to comment on the recent agreement between Ireland and Germany with regard to Green Hydrogen; and if he will make a... - National Broadband Plan
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the number of premises that were passed and connected as of...
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