Questions

116. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which households on low incomes will be identified, enrolled, and prioritised for any surplus-energy-to-hot-water scheme; and the way data protection and consent will be managed when interfacing with energy suppliers and network operators. [19717/26]

117. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to model the bill-saving impact per household from receiving automated hot-water boosts during curtailment periods over a full year; and to publish the distributional impact across household types. [19718/26]

226. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the basis on which the renewable heating obligation rates of 1.5% and 3% were determined; and whether these levels will result in additional renewable fuel deployment beyond current market activity. [15722/26]

227. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has assessed the risk that fuel suppliers may opt to use buy-out provisions rather than invest in renewable fuel blending infrastructure under the proposed obligation rates; and the implications this would have for emissions reductions. [15723/26]

228. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated emissions reductions expected from the renewable heating obligation in each of the first five years. [15724/26]

229. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the projected cost impact of the renewable heating obligation on households reliant on home heating oil, particularly in rural areas. [15725/26]

230. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he plans to publish a trajectory of obligation rates beyond year two to provide certainty to industry and ensure the scheme delivers meaningful emissions reductions. [15726/26]

231. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he will consider revising the proposed obligation rates to ensure the renewable heating obligation delivers genuine decarbonisation while protecting consumers from unnecessary cost increases. [15727/26]

171. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the recent changes to the warmer homes scheme in terms of attic and cavity insulation. [14523/26]

197. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes on the wait list for the warmer homes scheme in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14522/26]

318. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation or project; what was achieved and the stated outcomes from the funding provided in each case; the plans his Department has for the provision…

158. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he plans to expand the deposit return scheme. [72999/25]

164. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on waste management in Ireland, and the importance of the circular economy. [72998/25]

220. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total volume of renewable electricity that was dispatched down or curtailed in each of the past five years; the estimated financial value of this wasted energy; and the actions being taken to ensure this surplus is redirected for productive social use, particularly for households in fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement …

221. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department plans to introduce mandatory obligations on system operators, suppliers or aggregators to capture and utilise surplus renewable electricity for social benefit; if not, the rationale for this; and whether he accepts that the continued waste of clean energy during an energy poverty crisis; and if he will make a state…

222. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the full extent of engagement between his Department, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, EirGrid, ESB Networks and a company (details supplied); whether a formal service-level or funding agreement is under consideration; if he will commit to supporting a national rollout of the company's model; and if he will make a statem…

223. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households in receipt of fuel allowance that have access to energy-smart technologies such as smart immersion controllers, batteries or heat pumps; the steps being taken to prioritise these households for deployment; whether State-funded retrofitting schemes will be explicitly redesigned to integrate demand-flex assets…

224. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department will develop a matched-funding model with corporate energy users, similar to a pilot (details supplied), to scale the redirection of surplus wind power into social housing and low-income private homes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72535/25]

225. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason more than 300 days after the Programme for Government commitment to use surplus renewable energy to support those in fuel poverty, no national delivery framework has been published; the person or body which holds responsibility for this delay; and when a statutory delivery plan will be brought to Cabinet; and if he will m…

226. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the changes to market design or network charging which are being advanced to ensure that surplus renewable electricity is treated first as a social resource for heat and domestic energy, rather than as a by-product absorbed by curtailment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72537/25]

119. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will address the existing imbalance where domestic Irish retailers continue to shoulder the majority of take-back and recycling obligations while distance sellers frequently avoid these responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69606/25]

120. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps his Department is taking to close compliance gaps created by international distance sellers, given Ireland's municipal waste recycling rate has remained unchanged at 41% for ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69607/25]

121. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which he plans to ensure effective producer-responsibility compliance for online sellers based outside the EU, given that almost 40% of online purchases in Ireland originate from non-EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69608/25]

122. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the effectiveness of current enforcement mechanisms, including those under the EU Digital Services Act, in addressing non-compliance by global online marketplaces with recycling and take-back obligations. [69609/25]

123. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he plans to introduce national measures prior to EU reforms in 2028 to protect compliant Irish retailers from the impact of free-riding distance sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69610/25]