Questions

176. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Inland Fisheries Ireland in conjunction with his Departmental officials are continuing to prepare retrospective appropriate assessment screenings under the EU Habitats Directive for the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 in an attempt …

177. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the internal review of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 will form part of the Western Lakes Management Plan or be treated separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35542/25]

178. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the change in name of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35543/25]

179. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the renewable heat obligation legislation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35807/25]

180. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the alternative steps he is considering if in the event that the soon-to-be-published renewable heat obligation fails to achieve TRIS approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/25]

181. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the heads of bill of the upcoming Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve (Amendment) Bill will be brought to pre-legislative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35810/25]

182. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if mid-2027 is the expected delivery window for GNI’s ‘Final Business Case’ to the Minister in anticipation of the 'Final Investment Decision’ regarding the provision of State-leased FSRU in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35812/25]

183. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will commission an independent risk-assessment of introducing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure into Ireland given the recent comments by Predator Oil and Gas CEO, Paul Griffiths, in relation to the risk of such a facility exploding, such as the 2022 Freeport LNG vapour cloud explosion in Texas; and if he will make a s…

184. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the Private Wires Policy; the likely date for publication; if legislation is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35985/25]

185. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he plans to make provision for private individuals to be able to charge their EV from their home in circumstances in which their wire would have to cross a public footpath due to not having a private front garden. [36102/25]

186. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the rationale for treating the Suir river system as three distinct salmon fisheries for regulatory purposes; and if he will review this classification to ensure integrated management of the estuary, lower and upper river. [36129/25]

187. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider introducing a non-commercial ‘heritage salmon fishing licence’ to allow intergenerational skills and local culture in the Suir estuary to be retained, under a conservation framework. [36133/25]

188. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the delivery of the Programme for Government commitment on private wires policy framework; if this will require any primary or secondary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36148/25]

189. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the process and timescale under which Ireland will transpose and implement the RED III Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36149/25]

190. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress that has been made on enabling members of the public to use electric vehicle charging facilities in his Department’s car parks as indicated by the former Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36150/25]

191. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the way in which the Waste Framework Directive will be implemented; if it will require primary or secondary legislation, and what is the timeframe for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36154/25]

192. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the revised food waste prevention roadmap will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36155/25]

193. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to advise on his Department’s approach to the Programme for Government commitment to “consider the use of sustainable biofuels to reduce emissions from existing home boilers where deep retrofits are not possible in the short term”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/25]

194. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to advise on his Department’s position on both the use of HVO for fuel home heating systems and the Programme for Government commitment to “improve traceability in HVO procurement to ensure the product is from sustainable sources”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36236/25]

195. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to set-out the supports available to support homeowners who currently rely on turf for their home heating to transition to renewable heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36237/25]

196. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to set-out the supports available to support homeowners who currently rely on turf for their home heating to transition to renewable heating systems; if supports for this cohort will be provided by the way of Ireland’s Social Climate Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36238/25]

197. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide data on the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the burning of turf in private homes in Ireland, both in terms of overall volume and as a proportion of total Irish greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36239/25]

198. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was discontinued during its term and fo…

199. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Force Regulations made by him under the Defence Acts 1954 to 2015 are not laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas or included in the electronic Irish Statute Book or made public, whether pursuant to section 3 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1947 or otherwise; if the Defence Force Regulations have been expressed to be secret …

200. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to open the first completed section of the south Kerry greenway (In the vicinity of Kells Station) before the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35193/25]