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263. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full-year cost to employ one FTE with biodiversity expertise, one FTE with expertise in environmental planning, one FTE with expertise in renewable energy, per staffing level, in An Bord Pleanála. [28263/25]

264. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost to double funding available for biodiversity officers in local authorities. [28266/25]

265. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage full-year cost to employ a FTE biodiversity officer in a local authority in 2025. [28267/25]

266. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of biodiversity officers employed in each local authority broken down by local authority; the number of vacancies that exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/25]

267. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of climate action officers employed in each local authority broken down by local authority; the number of vacancies that exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28269/25]

268. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost of installing 5kW of solar PV on 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 50% of all social housing [28270/25]

269. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost of installing 5kw solar PV on 5000 social homes [28271/25]

270. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost to increase the energy efficiency retrofitting programme budget by 100% over five years. [28273/25]

271. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade working in An Bord Pleanála and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [28277/25]

272. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost of increasing the capital funding to the National Parks and Wildlife service over five years, with an increase of 25% per year broken down by the cost per annum in years one to five. [28280/25]

273. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, working in the NPWS, and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50%, at each grade. [28281/25]

274. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to retrofit a social home to a BER B2 or above. [28282/25]

275. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that was allocated to local authorities to conduct hedgerow surveys in the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive, and the amount that was drawn down in each of those years. [28283/25]

276. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total cost of funds provided to complete hedgerow surveys in 2023; the average and median cost per successful applicant to complete a hedgerow survey in in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form, under the local biodiversity action fund. [28286/25]

277. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the 2030 retrofitting targets; to report on the pathway between now and 2030 to reach our 2030 targets; to provide a breakdown of projected or estimated targets for completed retrofits in social housing in each of the years from 2025 to 2030; to provide a breakdown of projected or estimated targets for completed retrofits to a BER B2 standard or higher in social housing in each of the years 2025 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28313/25]

278. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority tenants in Dublin city that have had their homes retrofitted; the number planned to be carried out over next three years; the waiting time for tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28315/25]

279. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the average cost to upgrade to a BER B2 as part of the retrofit of social housing in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28316/25]

280. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the retrofitting targets in social housing in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of how many retrofits were completed in social housing in the corresponding timeframe; to provide a breakdown of the retrofitting targets in social housing; to provide a breakdown of how many retrofits were completed to BER B2 standard or higher in social housing; to provide a breakdown of the retrofitting targets in social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28317/25]

281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost to increase the energy efficiency retrofitting programme budget under the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage over a five-year period, with an increase of 50% per year, broken down by years 1 to 5.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28321/25]

323. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding provided to the Burren project in the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive. [28284/25]

324. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding provided to the Bride project in the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive. [28285/25]

376. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when she expects the free HRT (hormone replacement therapy) scheme to be implemented as the delay is causing women unnecessary distress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27830/25]

377. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if she plans to include the cost of the necessary general practitioner (GP) consultations to obtain a prescription for HRT when implementing the free HRT (hormone replacement therapy) scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27831/25]

381. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the reasoning for the shortage of hormone replacement therapy in pharmacies particularly in County Kerry; if there are plans to increase supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27847/25]

382. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if all dispensing pharmacies are obligated to part take in the free hormone replacement therapy scheme once it is implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27848/25]