222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the publication and implementation of the second Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy; if this strategy will include collection and sorting targets for specific packaging materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/25]
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223. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the implementation of the Programme for Government commitment to provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland’s materials recovery facility (MRF) network to improve recycling processes and rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/25]
224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to elaborate on the Programme for Government commitment to publish a plan to expand producer responsibility schemes to take accountability for the full lifecycle of products including what the information the plan will contain and the timeline for the plan’s publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25328/25…
225. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost of doubling the funding available for heating control grants based on 2024 figures. [25359/25]
226. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if and when each local authority will be given a specific emissions reduction target, as per the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25360/25]
227. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the forthcoming renewable heat obligation will deal with the liquid fuel and gas sectors separately, given the fact that the liquid fuel sector will be in a position to deliver a higher obligation rate than the gas sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25388/25]
228. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in the preparation of the forthcoming renewable heat obligation, if he has considered the creation of a separate scheme for liquid fuels which could be combined with highly successful renewable transport fuel obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/25]
229. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an analysis has been conducted of the volume of emissions reductions associated with each euro spent by the Climate Action Fund. [25512/25]
230. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these emissions; the amounts paid to the climate action fund by each Department, agency and body required to do so under the procedures for offsetting the emissions associated with official air travel for 2022, in tab…
231. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fisheries protection officers employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland, permanent and temporary contracts, for the years, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [25598/25]
232. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the completion status of his Departments review of relevant inland fisheries bye-laws in force for ten years or more and their continued application, in particular the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006; and if he will make a st…
233. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the independent review of Inland Fisheries Ireland's implementation of the recommendations of the 2023 Governance Review will commence, as per the current Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/25]
234. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a timetable of the publication of the Western Lakes Management Plan, considering that the plan has been in the pipeline since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25683/25]
235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether Ireland's membership of the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) is consistent with the State policy of conserving non-native/invasive freshwater fish through the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. …
236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason Ireland is not participating in the current European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) project titled "Management/Threat of Aquatic Invasive Species in Europe" as per EIFAAC public notifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25685/25]
237. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his Department has ever given ministerial consent, substitute consent or a licence under the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations - S.I. No. 477 of 2011, to Inland Fisheries Ireland that has allowed the dispersal of the invasive freshwater fish dace throughout; and if he will make a statemen…
238. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether there have been funding-budgetary cuts for Inland Fisheries Ireland in 2025 considering that the statutory body operates under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25687/25]
239. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when his Department will publish a new policy statement for the inland fisheries sector, considering the significant developments and challenges around conservation, ecological and environmental issues over recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25688/25]
240. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are any external or independent consultants advising the current Principal Officer of the Inland Fisheries Division on his daily duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25689/25]
241. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of litter fines issued by each local authority over the past three years; the number issued for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25691/25]
242. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of litter fines issued by each local authority over the past three years where CCTV was used in evidence; the number issued for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25692/25]
243. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of local authorities who have used CCTV or similar technology in the detection and or prosecution of illegal dumping since the introduction of the circular economy bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25693/25]
244. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent by each local authority on cleaning up illegal dumping over the past three years; the amount spent for each of those three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25694/25]
245. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent by each local authority on the purchase, rent or hire, of CCTV or similar technology to combat, detect and or prosecute illegal dumping over the past three years; the amount spent for each of those three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25695/25]
246. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a planning application (details supplied); when the planning application will be formally withdrawn following confirmation that the developers will no longer proceed with the project; the status of the marine area consent granted to the company in December 2022; details of the 'performance security' agreeme…