52. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the roll out of the National Broadband Ireland service in Portmarnock, north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9836/25]
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53. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the levels of illegal dumping throughout Dublin; the plans the Government has to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17742/25]
54. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grid alerts issued by Eirgrid in the past twelve months; the efforts his Department is taking to improve the State’s energy security; if he is concerned about the increase in electricity consumption of data centres by 20% between 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16674/25]
55. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on his Department’s role in the accelerating renewable electricity taskforce and the development of a policy framework to ensure a regional balance and distribution of renewable power such as solar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18049/25]
56. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the development of long-duration energy storage in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17834/25]
57. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide the proposed timeline of publication for the Government’s annual Climate Action Plans during the time of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/25]
58. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the retrofit scheme; the number of homes that have benefitted from the scheme to date; and the work he is undertaking to meet the target of retrofitting 500,000 homes by 2030. [17754/25]
59. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an audit of State-owned buildings has been carried out to ascertain the level of insulation, solar panels, heat pumps and other energy-saving measure have been taken in the past ten years, and planned for in the next five years. [18060/25]
60. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to set up a specific fund for local authorities for the installation of air monitoring units in urban areas; and the level of air monitoring taking place across the State. [17839/25]
61. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has undertaken a review electricity costs and the current market design to determine the cause of high prices in Ireland when compared to other EU Member States; if so, whether his Department will publish that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/25]
62. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the Eirgrid All Island Resource Adequacy Assessment 2025-2034 (details supplied) will impact on energy supply in the years ahead; if it means that more renewable and less fossil fuel generation capacity will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17087/25]
63. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress made in terms of the provision of energy locally, by the Dublin Waste To Energy facility operated by Dublin City Council in a public-private partnership with three other companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17841/25]
64. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on any district heating projects connected with data centres having either being rolled out or being rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17838/25]
65. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to address the anticipated surge in electricity demand, as outlined in EirGrid’s most recent assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18018/25]
66. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the proposals he has to progress the commitment in the Programme for Government to maintain support to the mobile phone and broadband taskforce in removing mobile phone and internet black spots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18055/25]
67. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he has had regarding significant infrastructural projects that fall under his Department, a body under his aegis, or those related to any organisations in which he is a shareholder in his capacity as Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17926/25]
68. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the efforts made in recent months to restore broadband and phone infrastructure following storm Éowyn; if consideration will be given to establishing a system to update people on outages in their area, similar to the ESB Powercheck system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16414/25]
69. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline, given the increasing competing energy needs of both residents and large industries operating in north Kildare and other regions, the medium and long-term strategies that are being put in place to ensure a steady energy supply at sustainable price levels to meet those demands. [18003/25]
70. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update regarding Ireland’s post-2030 wind energy strategy; if work is underway to develop a policy document in this regard; when he expects that work to be complete and a policy document published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18066/25]
71. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the future revenue of the all-Island economy, given that tariffs are 10% in the North and 20% here, which is creating a two-tier trading arrangement with Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18142/25]
72. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will support measures from Europe or not to deal with the proposed tariffs by the US that may be damaging to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18143/25]
73. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use all means at his disposal including political and diplomatic avenues, to secure the release from detention of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18231/25]
74. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the two Irish citizens facing deportation from Germany for taking part in peaceful protests; whether he has engaged with the German embassy on this issue; what support his officials are offering these citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18346/25]
75. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the steps his Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if he will outline the logic behind their approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18360/25]
76. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18377/25]