252. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he has taken by the ESB to ensure greater supply resilience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3926/26]
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253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 11 February 2026, the estimated annual proceeds from the sale of recyclable plastics by Re-Turn for 2024 and 2025; and to outline where these proceeds go. [14843/26]
254. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has undertaken any research into the environmental impact of industrial scale seaweed harvesting on the environment, in particular on the pace of coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14910/26]
255. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the maximum fine administered for breaches under the Air Pollution Act 1987 (Solid Fuels) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 529 of 2022); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14918/26]
256. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the level of enforcement notices and prosecutions as reported to the agency by local authorities in each of the years 2019 to 2025, and to date in 2026 under the updated solid fuel regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14919/26]
257. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the level of enforcement notices and prosecutions as reported to the agency by local authorities in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026 under the updated solid fuel regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14921/26]
258. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the social climate plan; the timeline for publication; if he anticipates that Ireland will be able to access the social climate fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14925/26]
259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the communications he has had with other Departments about the possibility of missing EU climate and energy targets that would result in large fines, and the additional measures he is considering to achieve those targets and avoid future fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14975/26]
260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to reduce reliance on fossil fuels to achieve climate objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14976/26]
261. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of persons that are in arrears; and the number that have been cut off over the last five years, per county. [15037/26]
262. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of data centres there are in operational and in planning stage, by county, and by size and if their usage is monitored; and if so, the usage. [15038/26]
263. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to make it easier for customers to change energy suppliers; the way in which he is combating suppliers making this process unnecessarily difficult and preventing an authorised third party from acting on a customer’s behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15147/26]
264. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will outline any supports, schemes or interventions available in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15657/26]
265. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence the total number of buildings leased by her Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14016/26]
266. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Defence the total number of medical assessments completed for the PDF and RDF, by year, and medical assessment location such as (St. Bricin’s, Cork, Athlone, or other relevant individual facility); the number of formal medical appeals submitted by applicants in each of those years, by the original medical assessment facilities; the outcomes of those medical appeals, …
267. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14387/26]
268. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence the State agencies within her Department that have made provision for the pension auto-enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14405/26]
269. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Defence if she will ensure a local procurement requirement is implemented during the Government’s negotiations on Ireland’s military radar system with the French Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14529/26]
270. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the number of outsourced services in the Defence Forces and the plans to bring them back in-house; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14547/26]
271. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 13 January 2026, when the information regarding the mean wait time for security clearance to be granted to reservists in the Defence Forces for each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive; and the number of applications for security clearances for reservists in each of those years will be available [14592/26]
272. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence if she will publish the regeneration plans for the Naval Service and Air Corps that she has committed to progressing this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14943/26]
273. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence is she will publish the Capability Development Programme 2028 to 2032, and also the programme to 2040; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14944/26]
274. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence if the NDP 2030 allocation for the armoured fleet replacement programme will be used to replace the Mowag Piranha; if it is envisioned that the Mowags will be replaced in the next NDP allocation; when she envisages the programme will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14966/26]
275. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the way her Department will put in place an accelerated programme of naval vessel replacement in 2028, as highlighted in the Updated Detailed Implementation Plan for the Commission of the Defence Forces given no capital funding has been allocated out to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14968/26]
276. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence her views on a request for a tenant purchase of a house owned by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15009/26]