26. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps his Department has taken to improve efficiency in the retrofitting sector, including through supporting the use of pre-assembled materials and automating and digitising construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31425/26]
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27. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he or his Department have examined the feasibility of a zero-interest loan for retrofitting and energy efficiency upgrades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31443/26]
28. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of applications per year since the launch of the SCBI backed home energy upgrade loan scheme; the value of those applications; and the amount drawn down in loans each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31444/26]
29. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the Circular Economy Unit still operates in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31445/26]
30. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of Departments the Circular Economy Unit has engaged with since the start of 2025; and the dates of those engagements, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31446/26]
31. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the responsibilities the Circular Economy Unit has under the Circular Economy Strategy 2026-2028; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31447/26]
32. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if she will consider allowing people who have moved to Ireland under an EU Directive (details supplied) to join the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31068/26]
33. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31357/26]
34. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31375/26]
35. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31393/26]
36. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the driving and parking offences that result in a fine being issued by An Garda Síochána; the related monetary value of the fine for each offence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31027/26]
37. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently consider including large scale business and co-ops (details supplied), in the excise duty reliefs that support licensed hauliers/freight operators, agricultural/fishing contractors or bus companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31114/26]
38. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider including a company in the road transport support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31166/26]
39. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport to make sufficient funding available to transform the Local Link service in east and north Cork into a multi-frequency per day, and seven-days-a-week service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31011/26]
40. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the sharp rise of diesel bus purchases in 2025 to 60% of bus purchases, as published by his Department and the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; if he can verify whether these purchases were made by the National Transport Authority; the reason for this rise in diesel bus purchases; and if he will make a s…
41. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE marketing executives, by grade employed by Iarnród Éireann as of 22 April 2026, in tabular form. [31037/26]
42. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full year costs to double the number of staff in both the railway accident investigation unit and air accident investigation unit of his Department. [31038/26]
43. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of new heavy-duty vehicles registered in Ireland in each of the past five years, and to date in 2026; the percentage share of these registrations which were zero emissions heavy duty vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31049/26]
44. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the funding available under the ZEHDV purchase grant scheme in each of the past two years, and to date in 2026; the amount of funding that was actually spent in each of the past two years and to date in 2026; the number of applications and approvals since the scheme was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31050/26]
45. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the funding available under the ZEHDV infrastructure grant scheme in each of the past two years and to date in 2026; the amount of funding that was actually spent in each of the past two years and to date in 2026; the number of applications and approvals since the scheme was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31051/26]
46. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the total value of a contract (details supplied) from 2017 to 2025; the value of the advertising income generated from bus shelters in each year from 2017-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31119/26]
47. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters constructed nationally in each of the years 2017 to 2025; the spend on this construction; the number of bus shelters maintained/fixed nationally in each year from 2017-2025; the spend on this maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31120/26]
48. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters constructed in County Meath in each of the years 2017 to 2025; the spend on construction; the number of bus shelters maintained/fixed in County Meath in each year from 2017-2025; the spend on maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31121/26]
49. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of requests for maintenance for bus shelters that went unfulfilled in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31122/26]
50. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if a value-for-money audit was conducted on a contract (details supplied) from 2017 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31123/26]