126. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the work of his Department to progress the Programme for Government commitment to introduce planning guidelines for solar energy developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53325/25]
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127. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is evaluating to reduce building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53465/25]
128. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on increasing the supply of cost-rental homes in Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53448/25]
129. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he is prioritising and targeting the recently announced additional €50 million for housing acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53746/25]
130. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of registered derelict or vacant housing properties in Dublin Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53386/25]
131. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline when the new wind energy development guidelines will be published; and if the inclusion of ISO, or equivalent, standards for community engagement practices will form part of those guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53422/25]
132. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that local authorities are responding positively to the National Planning Framework and are complying with the objectives of the Revised National Planning Framework; if he will provide an update on the progress made on housing and infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53569/25]
133. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will examine measures to support the continued availability of rental accommodation to households in receipt of the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53827/25]
134. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding being provided for social housing under Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53824/25]
135. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on if social housing applicants should be able to move their application from one local authority to another on personal or compassionate grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53634/25]
136. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the trio procedure associated with Ireland's Presidency of the Council of Ministers works, specifically when Ireland's involvement in the trio begins and ends; whether particular policy initiatives have been identified; whether he expects Ireland to be guided by progress reports from the Danish & Cypriot presiden…
137. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department is taking to ensure the safety of Irish citizens participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla following their detention by Israeli forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54211/25]
138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current surplus in the National Oil Reserves Agency levy account; if the levy currently funds the holding of fuel stocks to assist in energy security in the event of a supply disruption as originally intended; if any portion of this surplus is intended to be redirected to the Climate Action Fund in Budget 2026; and if the Governmen…
139. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the SEAI Solar PV grants can be extended to properties build and occupied after 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53967/25]
140. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he met formally with a person (details supplied) during the recent UN General Assembly week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53996/25]
141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Environmental Protection Agency is excluded from Ombudsman oversight, and the alternative accountability mechanism exist that are accessible to members of the public. [54022/25]
142. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on a possible global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54024/25]
143. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he would consider Ireland hosting a future Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54025/25]
144. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of funding developers of wind energy farms have received from the State in the previous ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54064/25]
145. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of funding developers of solar energy farms have received from the State in the previous ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54066/25]
146. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of funding developers of large scale renewable energy projects have received from the State in the previous ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54070/25]
147. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost to the State to achieve its 2050 climate plan of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54072/25]
148. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the expected cost to the State to achieve its 2030 climate plan of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 51% compared to 2018 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54074/25]
149. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken by his Department, in coordination with local authorities and the ESB, to prepare for the impact of storm Amy, including flood defences, emergency response protocols, and the safeguarding of electricity supply in coastal and rural areas. [54143/25]
150. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of uptake for the small-scale renewable electricity support scheme for SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54203/25]