Questions

187. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether, in making appointments to the Climate Change Advisory Council, he assesses if there is a sufficient balance of specialist expertise and viewpoints to ensure robust scrutiny of climate accounting methodologies, including GWP* and temperature neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62724/26]

188. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if changes will be introduced to SEAI grants to allow persons with properties which already have had heat pumps installed some years ago to reapply for these grants. [62738/26]

189. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether any changes to the eligibility criteria for the SEAI warmer homes scheme are under consideration as part of Budget 2027, the National Retrofit Plan or any wider review of energy poverty supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62734/26]

190. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the requirement under the SEAI warmer homes scheme that a dwelling must have been built and occupied before 2006 was last formally reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62733/26]

191. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has a strategy in place to promote the future of inland fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62846/26]

192. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has assessed the adequacy of deposit return scheme return infrastructure at airports, railway stations, bus stations and other major transport hubs; and whether he will publish the findings of any such assessment and identify any additional infrastructure required. [62995/26]

193. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the deposit return scheme framework permits consumers to voluntarily direct refundable deposits to registered charities or community organisations; if so, the safeguards that apply to ensure that the option is clearly presented and voluntary; and if not, whether he will consider providing for such an option. [62994/26]

194. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the deposit return scheme framework requires Re-Turn to provide return and refund arrangements at airports and other high transit locations where consumers may have limited opportunity to redeem deposits before departure; and if not, whether he will consider introducing such a requirement. [62992/26]

195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62940/26]

196. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he is satisfied that recyclable cardboard collected by licensed waste operators is being handled in a manner consistent with public guidance given to households that wet or contaminated cardboard is not suitable for recycling; whether his attention has been drawn to reports of cardboard being stored outdoors at waste and recyc…

197. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department ever carried out or supported the Local Authority on an environmental study into the lands of the former Dunsink landfill and the implications dumped materials at this site have on public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63087/26]

198. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in his Department in each of the past five years. [62976/26]

199. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the merits of introducing a deposit return scheme for glass bottles and jars to encourage the proper recycling of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63187/26]

200. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the plans his Department has to introduce a deposit return scheme for glass bottles and jars to encourage the proper recycling of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63186/26]

201. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of representations received by the Department in the past three years from independent technology providers seeking access to deposit return scheme infrastructure; and the manner in which each was responded to. [63318/26]

202. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the objective criteria that govern access by independent third party technology providers to the technical infrastructure operated under the deposit return scheme; whether those criteria are published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63317/26]

203. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific regulatory and oversight powers available to the Minister in respect of the approved operator of the deposit return scheme; and whether any such power has been exercised in relation to third party access to the scheme's infrastructure. [63319/26]

204. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the approved operator of the deposit return scheme has developed, or is developing, its own digital, charitable or payment-related functionality; and the safeguards in place to ensure that the operator's position cannot be used to delay or exclude independent providers of complementary services. [63320/26]

205. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether responsibility for third party access to deposit return scheme infrastructure is regarded by the Department as a regulatory matter within the Minister's oversight or as an operational matter for the approved operator; and the basis for that position. [63321/26]

206. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63345/26]

207. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether consideration will be given to allowing the SEAI solar PV grant to support backup systems that enable households to safely use their solar-generated electricity during power outages, particularly during storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63373/26]

208. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were considered to be public service personnel in June 2016 and in June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63447/26]

209. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of each capital project over €1 million in total expenditure funded or part-funded by his Department on an annual and county basis since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63472/26]

210. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures that are in place to reduce the waiting time for those under the warmer homes scheme. [63619/26]

211. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the introduction of a pay-on-behalf model for online platforms in respect of environmental and other fees applying to distance sellers supplying goods to Irish consumers, similar to those already paid by Irish importers and distributors; when he expects such a model to be formally adopted in Ireland; whether his …