Written answers
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Telecommunications Services
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding any research carried out by the Shared Island Unit into the merits of creating a single... - Data Centres
139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to review, revise or update the Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s... - Waste Management
140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the European Parliament and Council recent agreement on new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food... - National Broadband Plan
141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to include an area (details supplied) in the intervention (amber) area for fibre broadband; and if he will make a... - Pension Provisions
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 11 June 2024, if he will report on matters previously raised (details... - Climate Action Plan
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about the reports of the climate action delivery board; where can these reports be accessed; when he expects the next... - Energy Policy
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected total capital cost of the strategic gas reserve; the estimated annual operating cost; to outline the... - Energy Usage
147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total volume of natural gas used in Ireland in each year since 2016, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the... - Natural Gas Grid
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated additional volume requirement of natural gas for electricity generation and data centres for each of the... - Telecommunications Services
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagements with the Commission for Communications Regulation regarding the use of inflation-linked mid-contract... - Departmental Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully... - Departmental Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any changes to the better energy warmer homes scheme carried out by SEAI following the signing of the... - Energy Policy
162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the work concerning the energy security review that was ongoing at the end of the last Government’s... - Natural Gas Grid
169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much natural gas was used respectively by data centres and large industrial processes respectively in 2024; and if... - Electricity Grid
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity storage available on the grid; the plan to add more over the next five years; if he will... - Energy Conservation
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount allocated for retrofitting, by county, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [11297/25] - Energy Policy
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the revenue that was raised via the cap on market revenues; how this compares to the original projected revenue; and if... - Air and Water Pollution
176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to furnish a copy of the investigation report by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council into the compliance of coal... - Departmental Schemes
180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the targeted solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable persons is currently in operation; if he will provide details... - Cybersecurity Policy
183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline in 2025 for the consultation and development of the new national cybersecurity strategy. [11477/25] - Legislative Programme
184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the proposed National Cyber Security Bill. [11478/25] - Departmental Contracts
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department [11517/25] - Pension Provisions
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is scope to expedite the consent process required from a Minister to enact the pension increase received by An... - International Agreements
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the State has entered into arbitration with a company (details supplied), or any other companies under the dispute... - Departmental Schemes
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of contracting companies that are currently contracted to carry out the works under the warmer homes scheme;... - Regulatory Bodies
193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average time it is taking for the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority to assess and validate maritime area consent... - Pension Provisions
194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a copy of the authorisation given to An Post on 26 May 1989 to award increases in pensions to retired staff;... - National Broadband Plan
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 4 March 2025, for a timeline on the expected start of the building process... - Postal Services
196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review the case of a company (details supplied); for an update on the provision of an Eircode; and if he will make a... - Ministerial Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary, since... - Departmental Properties
198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department owns or is leasing, and... - Departmental Funding
199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide financial support and utilise the objectives of Sustainable Killarney 2030 as a pilot scheme whereby it will... - Waste Management
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the consideration and research that has taken place in his Department on the incidence of medical or homecare waste in... - Emergency Planning
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Ireland’s preparedness for a nuclear event that meaningfully impacts this; and if he will make a... - Energy Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on private wires policy; to provide a timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Policies
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the use of mixed technologies as a transitional measure for households; and if he will make a... - Energy Conservation
204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the average cost to retrofit a home to a BER B2 or higher standard from 2019 to 2024 and to date in... - Broadband Infrastructure
205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11964/25] - Regulatory Bodies
209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider revising the mandate of GNI in order that it be aligned with the Climate Action and Low Carbon... - Departmental Bodies
214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting... - Departmental Schemes
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the solar panel scheme for medically vulnerable persons; if he understands that persons added to the... - Ministerial Responsibilities
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline his ministerial brief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12331/25] - Public Sector Staff
220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to list the functions, roles and services that were carried out and delivered by civil service or State agency workers;... - National Broadband Plan
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on any improvements in speed of the national broadband roll out in Castletown Geoghegan. [12477/25] - Emergency Planning
222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment who hosted and who attended the recent war room exercise reported as ‘Exercise Cathal’; and if he will... - Pension Provisions
223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the proposed 4% pension increase for members of the ESB defined benefit pension scheme,... - Electricity Grid
224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with Electric Ireland on poor communication levels with businesses regarding power outage; and if he... - Water Services
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with Uisce Éireann on poor communication levels with businesses regarding water outages; and if... - Departmental Bodies
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he has had with EirGrid since September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12825/25] - Artificial Intelligence
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and...
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