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423. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to treat energy storage as supply to the grid, rather than simply as back up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/26]

424. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is planning to introduce a RESS scheme for energy storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24518/26]

425. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the commitment in the Programme for Government on surplus renewable energy; the options that have been explored; if the roll out energy clouds has been explored; the reasons this has not yet been done; the dates on which meetings have taken place to conduct this exploratory work and a list of all attendees at each meeting;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24519/26]

426. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to divert surplus renewable energy to households living in energy poverty as was outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24520/26]

486. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the funding provided for domestic solar photovoltaic systems in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/26]

487. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of the pilot on solar PV as part of the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26202/26]

488. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department can calculate the cost of providing an amnesty or write off to the 320,000 people in arrears on their energy bills. [26204/26]

489. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department is taking to protect local coastal communities and their seaweed harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26205/26]

490. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to address the risks to grid stability from data centre behaviour as identified by EirGrid (details supplied); if he will ask the CRU to introduce new protocols that require data centres to remain connected to the grid during millisecond long faults that arise on the system. [26206/26]

491. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he has introduced to support households from the surging price of home heating oil; the steps he is taking to shield households from the anticipated price rise in gas and electricity if a prolonged conflict takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26207/26]

492. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts act 2024, which accounts he has requested data on; to provide a breakdown of the dates on which he requested the data for each type of account listed in article 2(3)(dt; the figures which were received for each type of account broken down by the dates on which they were received, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26208/26]

493. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts act 2024; if he has not requested data for each type of account listed to outline his reasoning; if he plans to request this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26209/26]

494. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Act 2024, to provide updated figures for each type of account listed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26210/26]

495. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire will be considered an 'islanded data' centre; and if it will be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland's Enterprise Strategy position that islanded data centres 'would not be in line with national policy'. [26211/26]

496. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires must not divert scarce renewable energy capacity away from uses that are central to the public interest particularly household electrification, industrial decarbonisation, public services and transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26212/26]

497. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not divert scarce renewable energy capacity away from uses that are central to the public interest particularly household electrification, industrial decarbonisation, public services and transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26213/26]

498. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires are consistent with climate law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26214/26]

499. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that there is a clearer boundary around what kinds of energy sources private wires are intended to facilitate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26215/26]

500. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that fairness to ordinary householders and other network users become a central design as part of the regime; the steps he will take to ensure that any user that continues to rely on the public grid even intermittently maintain a contribution to the fixed and operational costs of that system. [26216/26]

501. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not result in even more inefficient utilisation of grid connections as private wires projects will maintain access to the public grid; the way in which he will address the opportunity costs that this places on the wider system and the potential impact to critical infrastructure such as housing, transport and other critical infrastructure. [26217/26]

502. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires if he will consider introducing additional safeguards for private wires projects associated with data centres such as robust, transparent and assessment from the regulator, including a requirement to demonstrate that they do not lead to net increases in overall electricity demand and do not undermine climate objectives. [26218/26]

503. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to address the gaps in the way the economic, social and environmental consequences of extreme weather events are monitored as identified in the latest CCAC's Annual Review of Ireland's Climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/26]

504. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the Government's plan for hydroelectric power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/26]

618. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23726/26]

931. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of personalised or private vehicle registration plates in the State; if any review or assessment of such a proposal has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25295/26]