104. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm the precise number of operational data centres currently located within the State; the number planned or under construction; if his Department maintains a definitive register of such facilities; his views on the implications of data centre expansion for electricity demand, grid capacity and domestic energy consume…
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
Browse the questions
875 questions match, newest first.
107. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 28 July 2026, when the white paper outlining strategic choices and a delivery framework for Ireland’s electricity sector to 2050 will be published; the projected timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60053/26]
108. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department is taking to support the development of demand-side flexibility within Ireland’s electricity system; the role he expects demand-side response to play in achieving national electricity system and renewable energy targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60266/26]
109. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has engaged with EirGrid, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities and representatives of the demand-side response sector regarding the operation of the electricity market and the participation of flexible demand resources; the outcome of any such engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60271/26]
110. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to detail any legislation and policy documents relating to the regulation of air quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60366/26]
111. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the amount of capital spent by Tipperary County Council on anti-dumping initiatives and tackling/disposing of illegal dumping in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60551/26]
112. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if grants are available for the installation of solar panels in new build properties. [60655/26]
113. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure, that was required to be communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on or before the deadline of 17 July 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a statem…
114. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 28 July 2026, whether the sampling, survey and scoring methodology of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System has been evaluated since 2015 by a body independent of his Department, participating local authorities and the contracted litter monitoring body (details supplied); for …
115. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list each project funded or operated by his Department since 2015 in which members of the public participated directly in structured litter monitoring or scientific knowledge production (details supplied); the operator, expenditure, participant number, resulting dataset or research output and publication location, in tabular fo…
117. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on progress to meet their commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was introduced; the key metrics identified to measure progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60753/26]
118. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a full Government investigation will take place into the water and air quality in, around and downstream of a plant (details supplied); if an investigation into the reason the EPA has not suspended or revoked the licence in the face of this severe and consistent non-compliance will also be investigated; and if he will make a statem…
120. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the number that were refused on original decision; the number for which reviews were sought and the number of those reviews whereby the original decision was amended; the number for which subsequent ap…
121. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment following recommendations in the recent Climate Advisory Council Report 2026, if battery storage and changeover switch grants will be introduced by his Department as part of Budget 2027; and if the PV solar medically vulnerable scheme will be amended in view of these recommendations. [59794/26]
122. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking, at EU Council level and nationally, to advocate for a crediting or market mechanism for temporary carbon removals that would support Ireland’s climate targets while creating jobs and new income streams for the agricultural sector; and the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Agriculture, Food …
123. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the solar PV medically vulnerable scheme is solely administered via energy providers and partner installers; if the scheme will be expanded to allow eligible customers to choose their own SEAI registered installer; if he will clarify if there is currently a review of this scheme; and if changes to its administration will be …
124. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide details on the work of the national energy affordability taskforce in relation to the PV Solar medically vulnerable scheme. [59786/26]
125. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the regulatory measures in place to ensure that when a registered gas installer formally notifies the relevant authorities of a dangerous gas installation, that notification triggers an immediate and independent site verification; if he is satisfied that the current regulatory structure adequat…
126. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the regulatory measures in place to ensure that when a registered gas installer formally notifies the relevant authorities of a dangerous gas installation, that notification triggers an immediate and independent site verification; if he is satisfied that the current regulatory structure adequat…
127. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to review the independence of the gas safety supervisory body, particularly regarding its capacity to impartially investigate complaints lodged against its own inspection and certification standards; whether he believes that the current system of oversight provides adequate protection to installers who raise systemic safety c…
129. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position taken by Ireland in European Council negotiations on the proposed suspension of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 concerning extended producer responsibility authorised representatives (file 2025/0395(COD)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61092/26]
130. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the existing major producer thresholds of €1 million annual turnover and 10 tonnes of packaging placed on the market continue to apply following the application of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 from 12 August 2026; whether micro-enterprises below those thresholds are now required to register as producers under Article 44 of that Regulati…
131. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which his Department plans to protect EV and heat pump users from the sudden removal of dedicated time-of-use tariffs by suppliers. [61008/26]
132. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the existing rules and regulations in relation to the use of bird scarers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60057/26]
133. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61132/26]