Written answers
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
59.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full year cost of remunicipalising domestic waste collection and providing it to all households as a... - Energy Prices
60.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full-year cost of providing a €100 electricity credit to each principal private residence; and if he will make... - National Broadband Plan
61.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when homes at Crumlin, Magheracloone, County Monaghan, including at an Eircode (details supplied), will be connected to... - Renewable Energy Generation
62.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a scheme which was initially announced in 2022 where photo voltaic panels would be installed for households... - National Broadband Plan
63.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when access to high-speed fibre powered broadband will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he... - Just Transition
64.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding allocated to Ireland under the EU just transition fund; the amount of that funding drawn down or... - Energy Policy
65.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the dangers associated with lithium-ion batteries (details supplied); and if he... - Energy Conservation
66.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts being made by his Department to reduce the waiting period for the warmer homes grant scheme; and if he will... - Air Quality
67.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31181/24] - Electricity Grid
68.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proportion of imported electricity that was renewable energy; the proportion of imported electricity that was from... - Environmental Policy
70.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland will be bringing in a ban on the use of carpet fibre in equestrian surfaces (details supplied); and if he will... - Wind Energy Generation
71.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the seven offshore renewable energy projects for which he issued marine area consents in 2021; the current... - Renewable Energy Generation
73.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next designated marine area plan will be announced; if the cross-Government taskforce on offshore wind energy... - Departmental Legal Cases
74.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against... - Renewable Energy Generation
75.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Annual Renewable Energy Constraint and Curtailment Report 2023; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Energy Conservation
76.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will apply the necessary changes to his recently announced enhanced home energy upgrade grant for those with... - Cybersecurity Policy
80.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of a Bill for national cyber security; to outline its expected progression; and if he will make a... - Recycling Policy
81.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the Government came to implement the deposit return scheme (the charge, the units, and so on); the person who... - Energy Conservation
84.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding utilised in County Galway for SEAI grants, by type of grant, in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to... - Public Sector Pensions
86.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a pension issue for a person (details supplied) will be examined. [32133/24] - National Broadband Plan
87.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the rollout of highspeed broadband in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [32199/24] - Illegal Dumping
88.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to combat illegal dumping; if additional resources are being given to local authorities in... - Cybersecurity Policy
89.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 12 December 2023, the status of the national cyber security Bill; and its... - Energy Conservation
90.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment where an individual can make a complaint about the standard of works carried out by the SEAI; and if he will make a... - Climate Change Policy
91.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will approve an application for funding under the Climate Action Fund for a group (details supplied).. [32308/24] - Just Transition
92.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will review the de minimus on the just transition projects and consider increasing the threshold of... - National Broadband Plan
93.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the National Broadband Plan rollout of fibre broadband will be completed in the Foxrock area of Dublin; the reason... - Cybersecurity Policy
94.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a current assessment on the dangers faced by the State from hybrid and cyber-attacks on communications... - Climate Change Policy
95.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will advocate to increase Ireland’s climate finance and loss and damage funding to the agreed ‘fair... - Energy Conservation
96.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the value of retrofit/energy efficiency grant payments can be urgently increased, given the increased costs of... - Wind Energy Generation
97.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scheduling timeframe for the development of wind farms off the east coast; and if he will make a statement on the... - Energy Conservation
98.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received for insultation and energy grants for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement... - National Broadband Plan
101.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if and when he has engaged with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media regarding the number... - Climate Change Policy
103.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the commitments made by Ireland at COP26, COP27 and COP28 respectively; the progress made to date on actioning those, in... - Renewable Energy Generation
104.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected spend by the SEAI in 2024 on the solar electricity grant; how much was budgeted for this scheme in 2024;... - Climate Change Policy
105.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the additional funding provided in Budget 2024 for climate measures; the progress on the... - Energy Conservation
106.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a breakdown of the total funding provided for retrofitting in 2023 and to date in 2024; the projected end year... - National Broadband Plan
107.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a premises (details supplied) was not provided with fibre broadband, although it is in the intervention area,... - Energy Conservation
109.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of council-owned properties that have been retrofitted in terms of insulation, windows, heating systems and... - Energy Production
110.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electrical energy that will be stored at the energy storage facility which is proposed to be built at... - Climate Change Policy
111.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcomes the taxpayer can expect to see given the amount the State is projected to spend on achieving net zero.... - Inland Fisheries
112.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review by his Department and Inland Fisheries Ireland of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale... - Data Centres
115.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current policy in relation to connections for new data centres, and their obligations in relation to standby... - Climate Change Policy
116.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Irish carbon emissions now fall into the emission trading system or into the effort sharing... - Water Services
118.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown for each year between 2016 and 2024 of the number of business which have been charged for water... - Energy Conservation
119.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made at rolling out ‘one-stop shops’, as outlined in the 2022 SEAI report; if he can provide... - Energy Usage
120.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of electricity demand that will be created by the targeted installation of retrofit heat pumps and by electric... - National Broadband Plan
121.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of connections under the national broadband plan in County Mayo; how that compares with revised targets; the... - Energy Conservation
122.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a breakdown of the number of properties in Dublin 9, Dublin 11 and Dublin 17 that have availed of the better energy... - Departmental Funding
123.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide funding to local authorities for the development of civic amenity centres in towns where one... - Recycling Policy
124.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he contacted Re-turn Ireland to request that they update their website to provide details of their board of...
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