201. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, in…
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202. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a consumer pays the €1.50 recycling charge when they purchase a new motorcycle tyre, if they are exempt from paying the same charge when they attend the recycling centre to dispose of the tyre when it has worn out. [31548/25]
203. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31558/25]
204. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the revenue that would have been earned if the market revenue cap (details supplied) had remained in place, by year. [31604/25]
205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to addressing illegal dumping in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31613/25]
206. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the solar PV scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31615/25]
207. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the one-stop-shop scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31616/25]
208. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the community energy grants scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31617/25]
209. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to his Department’s retrofitting scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31618/25]
210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the revenue that was not collected under the market revenue cap (details supplied) because it could be demonstrated that it was being used to impact prices charged for electricity; and the proportion of the eligible revenue that was not collected as it could be demonstrated that it was being used to prices charged…
211. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the funding provided to the Irish environmental network in each of the years 2020 to 2025 broken down by year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31622/25]
212. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions he will take to future-proof Ireland's energy grid for extreme weather events, considering the EPA's National Climate Change Risk Assessment report identified a lack of storm resistance in the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30749/25]
213. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the State's plans for waste disposal given the country's operational landfill sites are almost at maximum capacity; to outline the Department's longer-term plans for waste disposal, including if any waste incineration plants are being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30750/25]
214. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to district heating in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [31687/25]
215. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to the climate action fund; a breakdown of the amount of the funding was drawn down; and a breakdown of how the fund was allocated, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [31693/25]
216. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there are deployments being planned in anticipation of the removal of the triple lock, for example, with EU Battlegroups or other international forces without UN mandate; the scope of those deployments; who they are in conjunction with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31775/25]
217. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his Department's understanding of the scope and limitations of "strengthening international security" as justification for deployment of members of the Defence Forces overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31774/25]
218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to approving these changes. [31362/25]
219. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has been refused a disability pension even though they developed psychosis after taking the drug larium while serving in Chad in 2009; and if he will request his Departmental officials to review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31393/25]
220. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on his Department’s progress on publishing its new Statement of Strategy. [31401/25]
221. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report the number of fishery protection patrols undertaken by the Air Corps in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [31402/25]
222. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to confirm if a critical review of the RDF regeneration and development plan is scheduled at any point, to assess the plan’s effectiveness and implementation; and if any actions listed therein require review. [31403/25]
223. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indicating for wh…
224. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there is consideration underway to reduce the hours of operation of military flight operations due to shortages of qualified air traffic controllers; if so, to set out the nature of the reduction, the impact these changes will have on emergency patient transfers from Casement Aerodrome, and separately the impact this will have on the operation …
225. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the milestones that have been reached by the 11 actions within the RDF Regeneration and Development Plan that are directly linked to the Commission on the Defence Forces Work Packages. [31700/25]