152. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland’s formal request for clarity from the European Commission regarding its partial suspension proposal of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, if he will provide a full assessment of how any such Commission decision might affect Irish export/import trade flows, especially in the agri-food sector; the projected diplom…
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153. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland will take at the European Council in December regarding the approval of the Mercosur agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59755/25]
154. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to layout his intention to advocate for the release of health workers from Palestine currently detained in prisons in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59801/25]
155. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will advocate for the release of a person (details supplied) that is currently detained in an Israeli prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59802/25]
156. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met with the Croatian Ambassador to Ireland. [59927/25]
157. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount his Department paid towards a cost-of-living allowance and local post allowance to his departmental officials posted at the Irish Embassies in Pretoria, Beijing, Buenos Aires and Brasilia in 2024, in tabular form. [59928/25]
158. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the recent condemnation of the strikes in Gaza by the Government and the increasing visibility of Ireland in international humanitarian diplomacy, to outline the full cost-assessment of Ireland’s humanitarian support commitments (bilateral and via multilateral agencies) for 2026; and the means by which his Department intends t…
159. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding any data centre that requires frequent use of back up generators due to unreliable energy supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57706/25]
160. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the annual usage of electricity by data centres in Ireland; if this is recorded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57709/25]
161. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the total annual use of electricity by data centres in Ireland; the total percentage of national energy use they take up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57710/25]
162. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding any data centre in Ireland that is associated with a district heating supply to use the excess heat created by their operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57712/25]
163. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the grant supports which are available to an individual who requires grant support for the replacement of double-glazed windows (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57735/25]
164. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether a strategic environmental assessment, SEA, has been, or is being, undertaken by his Department in respect of the National Territory Mapping for Renewable Electricity, being prepared under Article 15b of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2023/2413, RED III; if not, the reason his Department considers this mapping process …
165. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the €3.5 billion investment in electricity grid infrastructure announced under the National Development Plan, including the specific projects, regions and timelines to which the funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57889/25]
166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether any portion of the €3.5 billion grid investment will be directed towards reinforcement or capacity upgrades that will enable new large-scale energy users, including data centres, to connect to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57890/25]
167. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has made an assessment of the prevalence of inferior or non-compliant batteries being placed on the Irish market by distance sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57891/25]
168. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has assessed the proportion of inferior or non-compliant batteries sold in the Irish market that originate from outside the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57892/25]
169. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [57999/25]
170. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown, by local authority of the number of domestic solar panel installations, by county for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [58061/25]
171. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he or any bodies under his aegis have carried out a socio-economic impact analysis of the grants for solar panel to private residences. [58062/25]
172. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the statutory bodies that are responsible for regulating and enforcing compliance with building and electrical safety requirements for the installation of microgenerators in domestic housing developments and for ensuring that such installations are correctly notified to ESB Networks. [58320/25]
173. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the respective roles of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, ESB Networks, Safe Electric and local building control authorities in regulating and enforcing compliance with building and electrical safety requirements for the installation of microgenerators in domestic housing developments; and the escalation or redress mechani…
174. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58451/25]
175. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58487/25]
176. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58505/25]