101. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the progress on meeting Ireland’s planned target of 80% of energy being generated by renewable sources by 2030; the barriers he sees to meeting that target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1712/25]
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102. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures being taken to address poor air quality in breach of World Health Organisation guidelines, to identify particular towns or geographical areas of concern to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1713/25]
103. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if solar farm developers receive grants or subsidies to develop solar farms; if the electricity they generate on solar farms is subsidised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1716/25]
104. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1762/25]
105. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1859/25]
106. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households that availed of the grant as part of the SEAI’s warmer home scheme in Kerry, broken down by pre and post-BER; the average waiting time; the number of applications that were rejected in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1882/25]
107. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to accelerate approval for offshore wind infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2004/25]
108. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the incentives he will put in place to improve and increase domestic electricity micro-generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2005/25]
109. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to increase provision of solar farming in otherwise unusable open space like airports and motorway verges and central reservations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2006/25]
110. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will commit to a programme of installation of solar panels on all public buildings including schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2007/25]
111. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2033/25]
112. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2051/25]
113. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and grade, and by length of career break; the number of civil servants in his Department and in agencies under the aegis of his Department who were on career break for longer than five years or …
114. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies, by month and by grade, in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46204/24]
115. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an assurance that no civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years where there is a suitable vacancy in their home Department or agency; that, where a civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years on account of there being no suitable vacancy in their home Department or agency, that they …
116. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of WTE civilian tailors employed by his Department but based in military barracks in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46308/24]
117. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there are plans to purchase dock landing ships for the Naval Service. [46388/24]
118. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank, required to fully crew LÉ George Bernard Shaw, LÉ Gobnait and LÉ Aoibhinn naval ships. [46389/24]
119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will consider an alternative to the Ishihara test, given that it is not used in other countries such as the US and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46488/24]
120. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on any recent interaction there has been between the Government and the United Nations in relation to the death of an Irish peacekeeper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46696/24]
121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the investigation being carried out into the death in Lebanon of an Irish Defence Forces member of UNIFIL (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46697/24]
122. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46923/24]
123. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the specific steps he has taken to ensure the total prevention of illegal encampments taking place across the Curragh Plains in 2025 (details supplied); the costs incurred by his Department in dealing with the incursions and the inevitable clean ups that are necessary in the aftermath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1068/25]
124. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of females currently qualified as pilots within the Air Corps; and the number of females currently in training to become qualified pilots within the Air Corps. [1409/25]
125. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if his/her Department has used AI, including large language models, in the preparation of legislation or statutory instrumen…