103. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when his Department will issue new guidelines on the way in which offshore windfarms should be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48946/25]
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104. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of severe weather events in 2024 and to date in 2025, the measures being implemented to strengthen critical infrastructure including energy supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49276/25]
105. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are plans to fund the development of district heating. [48950/25]
106. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the publication of the Biomethane Sustainability Charter which is intended to transparently outline the key principles to guide AD developers in relation to plant operation, management, sustainability and local engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49271/25]
107. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if additional legislative or regulatory measures need to be implemented by his Department to protect critical infrastructure and ensure security of energy supplies particularly to rural communities, where severe difficulties were caused for households, businesses, farmers and for both statutory and voluntary providers of essential se…
108. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans bolster the storm resilience of the electricity grid. [48952/25]
109. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the implementation of the Winter 2025 Grid Resilience Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48428/25]
110. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the low-cost loan retrofitting scheme; to report on the scheme's uptake since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49104/25]
111. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware that GHG emissions went up by 2.9% in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024; to report on any meetings he has had with the EPA to address this; to report on any meetings he has had with the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and or other ministers to address this; to outline his proposed policy response; and if he will make a statement on the matter…
112. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason he has established the National Energy Affordability Taskforce without civil society representation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48562/25]
113. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his proposals to increase the amount of PET plastic recycled in Ireland. [48879/25]
114. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the action he is taking following the unprecedented power outages caused by storm Éowyn, which exposed critical vulnerabilities arising from unmanaged vegetation and commercial forestry close to electricity infrastructure. [48975/25]
115. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the implementation of the relevant sections of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 that provide for the use by local authorities of CCTV and other technologies to tackle illegal dumping; the extent to which these sections are being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48…
116. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department is undertaking to strengthen energy security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48948/25]
117. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for the provision of a local community climate action officer for County Cork to liaise and work directly with the various rural community groups in County Cork in developing projects to address climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49279/25]
118. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he has taken in response to the fish kill on the River Blackwater; if he has met with Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49106/25]
119. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades completed to date in 2025, in each county; the way in which this compared to the same periods of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49121/25]
120. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider expanding the SEAI warmer homes scheme eligibility to all those over 70 years, regardless of whether they are in receipt of fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49103/25]
121. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will transpose the EU definition of energy poverty into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48996/25]
122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on Ireland's capacity to monitor air pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48945/25]
123. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will urgently introduce legislation to properly protect marine protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49161/25]
124. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when a new a waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/25]
125. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason he has scrapped the energy poverty action plan and excluded civil society organisations from the National Energy Affordability Taskforce; if he will meet with civil society organisations in relation to the new energy affordability action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49162/25]
126. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will support legislation to enable the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to give more specific directions in terms of mandatory emissions reduction and offsetting measures to large energy users like data centres, such as a requirement that they generate and are operated using localised, sustainable and renewable energy …
127. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the work of the National Energy Affordability Taskforce. [48944/25]