1. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Taoiseach to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are specified in the direction for the purposes …
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2. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of all occasions in which she or her predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are specified in t…
3. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland's policy toward China remains that as reflected in the speech of her predecessor as Minister, Micheál Martin, as set out at an event (details supplied) in May 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15429/26]
4. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland’s overseas development aid policies and projects include measures to increase access to artificial intelligence and other technologies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15509/26]
5. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when she is going to open the next third secretary competition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15594/26]
6. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the policy in her Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15618/26]
7. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are speci…
8. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes retrofitted, and heat pumps installed to date as part of the National Retrofitting Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15281/26]
9. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason grant applications for reverse vending machines have been closed; and whether grants will reopen for new businesses wishing to take part in this scheme. [15300/26]
10. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of Ireland’s climate finance that is delivered in the form of grants versus loans [15401/26]
11. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will support an application under the climate action scheme by a club in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15515/26]
12. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the land use review; the stage it is currently at; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15564/26]
13. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 27 January 2026, to provide an update on the 27 actions, highlighting which have been completed, which are ongoing and which have yet to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15566/26]
14. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will introduce an EPR charge for mattresses to avoid dumping in the landscape and to promote a circular economy, given that mattresses are not accepted at the Dublin Waste-to-Energy facility, and given the very successful experience of mattress EPR schemes in France, Belgium and the Netherlands; and if he will make a statemen…
15. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views that balcony solar power generation should be promoted in Ireland given that 2 million systems have been successfully plugged in to German balconies over the past nine years without planning permission or professional installation; if he will discuss this with the relevant authorities with a view to amending any necessary…
16. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will amend the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 to ensure that the EPA make decisions within the specified periods, rather than merely endeavour to do so, in order to align with the requirement in the Planning & Development Act 2024 that An Coimisiún Pleanála shall make decisions within the specified perio…
17. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on any and all actions taken in relation to Ireland's withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty since the decision agreement to withdraw by the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/26]
18. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when he will publish the Climate Action Plan 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15598/26]
19. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to highlight the actions being taken by his Department to tackle the 30 barriers highlighted in the Joint Committee on Climate, Energy and the Environment report on the Barriers to Achieving Climate Targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15599/26]
20. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which he intends on paying expected fines of between €3 and €26 billion for missing Ireland's EU climate and energy targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15600/26]
21. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15610/26]
22. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Defence if the maximum age limit to join the Defence Forces will be increased from 39 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15214/26]
23. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Defence to provide details of all occasions in which she or her predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are specified in the direction for …
24. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Defence if she has spoken with the UK Defence Secretary to date in 2026. [15445/26]
25. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Defence the progress which has been made in locating naval patrol vessels at the Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire, as announced by the Minister for Defence in October 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15587/26]