Written answers
Thursday, 10 April 2025
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Bord na Móna
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the proposed sale of Bord na Móna recycling; and if he will make a statement on the... - Wind Energy Generation
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s plans for the development of south coast offshore wind infrastructure; and if he will make a... - Energy Conservation
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current waiting list for the warmer homes scheme in County Offaly; how this compares to waiting lists in other... - Energy Policy
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Environment if initiatives such as the Tallaght district heating scheme that reuse heat from an existing data centre... - Sustainable Development Goals
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a timeframe to implement the whole-of-Government strategy to fully integrate the sustainable... - Energy Prices
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to reduce household energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17835/25] - Energy Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which a private wires policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17088/25] - Energy Conservation
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action his Department is taking to reduce the timeframe for the SEAI warmer homes scheme application process, in... - Energy Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if specific funding will be provided this year for the development of communal and district heating schemes; how that... - Electricity Generation
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government’s long-term plan for ensuring a reliable and clean flexible power system to back up wind energy... - Energy Conservation
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been retrofitted in each of the past ten years. [17288/25] - Telecommunications Infrastructure
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with telecommunication companies in relation to phone lines still being out, 70 days after storm... - Energy Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding mechanism currently available to established communal and district heating schemes (details supplied) for... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, given the reference in the National Risk Assessment 2024 in relation to disruptions to the availability of critical... - Energy Infrastructure
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with the ESB to improve energy infrastructure and prepare for future catastrophic storms as... - Official Engagements
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he has had with Eirgrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17925/25] - Business Supports
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update regarding the uptake of the business energy upgrades scheme retrofit programme for SMEs.... - Energy Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the safety and environmental regulations in place for battery energy storage system facilities; and if he will make a... - Data Centres
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he and his Department are planning to enhance data centres' use of renewable energy sources and energy... - Wind Energy Generation
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the expansion of the offshore wind energy taskforce. [17284/25] - Climate Change Policy
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding any projects supported in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area under the Climate... - Wind Energy Generation
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on offshore wind; the measures his Department is taking to accelerate delivery of same; and if he will... - Recycling Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the up-to-date position on the provision of the deposit return scheme at civic amenity sites in Cork county; and if he... - Climate Action Plan
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the Climate Action Plan 2026; when he expects the plan to be published; and if he will... - Energy Policy
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish a report by an organisation (details supplied) reviewing its recommendations in relation to the... - Renewable Energy Generation
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the rollout of renewable energy, in particular in relation to his commitment to engage... - Business Supports
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that have benefitted for the business energy upgrade scheme for each of the past ten years.... - Energy Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will mandate energy companies to use the excess energy, which is currently being wasted; and if he will make a... - Waste Management
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that waste companies have not provided brown compost bins to customers as per the legislation which came... - Renewable Energy Generation
49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department has taken to extend or (re)negotiate State aid for the renewable electricity support scheme;... - Energy Conservation
51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he is taking to resolve the ongoing increasing timelines for completion of works under the SEAI free energy... - National Broadband Plan
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll out of the National Broadband Ireland service in Portmarnock, north Dublin; and... - Illegal Dumping
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the levels of illegal dumping throughout Dublin; the plans the Government has to address this problem; and if he will... - Electricity Grid
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of grid alerts issued by Eirgrid in the past twelve months; the efforts his Department is taking to improve... - Renewable Energy Generation
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his Department’s role in the accelerating renewable electricity taskforce and the... - Energy Policy
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the development of long-duration energy storage in Ireland; and if he will make a... - Energy Conservation
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the retrofit scheme; the number of homes that have benefitted from the scheme to date;... - Air Quality
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to set up a specific fund for local authorities for the installation of air monitoring units in urban areas; and the... - Energy Prices
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken a review electricity costs and the current market design to determine the cause of high... - Energy Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the Eirgrid All Island Resource Adequacy Assessment 2025-2034 (details supplied) will impact on energy... - Data Centres
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on any district heating projects connected with data centres having either being rolled out... - Electricity Generation
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the anticipated surge in electricity demand, as outlined in EirGrid’s most recent... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proposals he has to progress the commitment in the Programme for Government to maintain support to the mobile phone... - Official Engagements
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he has had regarding significant infrastructural projects that fall under his Department, a body under... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the efforts made in recent months to restore broadband and phone infrastructure following storm Éowyn;... - Energy Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline, given the increasing competing energy needs of both residents and large industries operating in north... - Wind Energy Generation
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update regarding Ireland’s post-2030 wind energy strategy; if work is underway to develop a...
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