Questions

226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has evaluated the potential to enact legislation which would divert surplus renewable energy that would otherwise be wasted to homes at risk of energy poverty; if he has met with a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11220/26]

227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the €3,304,830.32 spent to date on advertising by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment on the 'Reduce your Use' campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/26]

228. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications companies or consultants in 2025 and the expected costs for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11346/26]

229. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has examined regulatory or legislative measures governing the retail sale of aerosol spray paints, including age-restriction or point-of-sale controls, as an environmental protection, waste-reduction, or anti-vandalism measure; whether comparative analysis of other jurisdictions has been undertaken; and whether r…

230. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total annual electricity generation from wind energy, in megawatt-hours or gigawatt-hours, attributable to each county in the State for each of the past five years, the data source used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11534/26]

231. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of operational wind turbines in each county in the State, by county for each of the past five years, and the total land area of each county in square kilometres, including the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11535/26]

232. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the methodology used to attribute wind energy generation to individual counties, including the way in which generation is assigned where wind farms span more than one local authority area or where output is reported at regional or national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11536/26]

233. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of commercially operated solar photovoltaic installations in each county in the State, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11537/26]

234. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total installed solar photovoltaic capacity, in megawatts, in each county in the State, broken down by county for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11538/26]

235. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total annual electricity generation from solar energy, in megawatt-hours or gigawatt-hours, attributable to each county in the State for each of the past five years, the data source used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11539/26]

236. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the methodology used to attribute solar photovoltaic capacity and electricity generation to individual counties; the way in which data is compiled where installations span multiple local authority areas or where output is reported at regional or national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11542/26]

237. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence if there is a canteen in her Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish origin. [11178/26]

238. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Defence the amount expended by her Department and by each agency for which she is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications companies or consultants in 2025 and the expected costs for 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11348/26]

239. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in training to qualify as pilots and air traffic controllers within Air Corps; and when each of them will qualify, in tabular form. [11479/26]

240. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Defence if the Air Corps is considering purchasing V-22 Osprey type of aircraft for its fleet. [11480/26]

241. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Defence if her Department has an intended supplier in mind for the replacement of Ireland's LTAVs; if her Department is still open to engagement with interested suppliers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11530/26]

242. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Defence the reason the Government’s recently acquired counter drone technology will only monitor the area around Baldonnel airspace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11531/26]

243. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Defence when she intends to seek Cabinet approval for her Department’s strategic capability delivery programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11532/26]

244. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Defence for an update on the proposed first working group meeting under the newly signed Ireland–Finland Memorandum of Understanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11533/26]

245. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on an application for appropriate accommodation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11142/26]

246. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport if permission was given by the State for US deportation flights to land and refuel in Shannon Airport en route to Israel on 21 January and 1 February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11237/26]

247. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has a role in regulating horse drawn sulkies on public roads; if his Department is considering any measures to ensure the protection of the public from such activity; if he intends to review such activity in light of the recent updating of legislation governing the use and seizure of scramblers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […

248. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently examine a case (details supplied) and allow for disabled parking permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11293/26]

249. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the legal use of fully taxed and insured dual sport bikes; if he is conscious of the need to ensure that these legally compliant vehicles are differentiated as part of the process of legislating for the ban of scrambler bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11312/26]

250. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with animal welfare organisations in relation to their specific concerns related to sulky racing on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/26]