210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the State-run strategic emergency gas reserve will be run exclusively by the State or whether it will commission a commercial entity to run it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12138/25]
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211. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications where the strategic emergency gas reserve will be located; and the estimated timeline for delivery. [12139/25]
212. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which increased interconnection was considered as part of his Department’s plan to enhance Ireland’s energy security; the reason a strategic emergency gas reserve was favoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12140/25]
213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the basis for the €300 million floating LNG terminal; if the cost includes the cost of constructing a jetty, pipelines, and connection to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12145/25]
214. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12152/25]
215. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board in correspondence to his Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; to identify any body where the chairperson …
216. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the…
217. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
218. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the solar panel scheme for medically vulnerable persons; if he understands that persons added to the medically vulnerable register after the cut-off date cannot apply for membership of the scheme; if he will provide details of any similar scheme that might be applicable for persons added to the register po…
219. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline his ministerial brief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12331/25]
220. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to list the functions, roles and services that were carried out and delivered by civil service or State agency workers; the cost to the State of each contract since the implementation of the Building Momentum public service agreement, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12440/25]
221. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on any improvements in speed of the national broadband roll out in Castletown Geoghegan. [12477/25]
222. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications who hosted and who attended the recent war room exercise reported as ‘Exercise Cathal’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12590/25]
223. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the proposed 4% pension increase for members of the ESB defined benefit pension scheme, including whether the increase has been implemented; if not, the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12647/25]
224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with Electric Ireland on poor communication levels with businesses regarding power outage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/25]
225. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with Uisce Éireann on poor communication levels with businesses regarding water outages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12745/25]
226. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he has had with EirGrid since September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12825/25]
227. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12918/25]
228. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11079/25]
229. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the unmanned naval or air drones for patrolling Irish territorial airspace or waters that are available to the Defence Forces; if a procurement process is underway to secure any such assets for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/25]
230. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he will publish the draft heads of Bill for the Defence (Amendment)(No.2) Bill; if he will provide a copy of the proposed draft legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11315/25]
231. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the advice he has received on the crime of aggression and the risk to Irish troops on peacekeeping missions without a UN mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11316/25]
232. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount of unspent allocation for Defence Forces staffing in each year since 2018 based on the revised estimate for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11317/25]
233. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline each UN peacekeeping mission the Defence Forces have served on since 1960; the UN mandate that sanctioned each; the number of peacekeeping missions Ireland currently participates in; the number of personnel assigned to each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/25]
234. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current force strength of the permanent Defence Forces; the breakdown of the current number of serving members in the Naval Service, Army and Air Corps; the funded establishment strength of each; the number of vacant posts remaining to be filled at all levels in each service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11325…