Questions

227. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there is a retrospective element available, or being considered, in relation to the solar grant scheme for people in receipt of certain payments from the Department of Social Protection. [74333/26]

259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention or his Department has been drawn to the problem of demand for jet fuel from military activity straining supplies of jet fuel stocks for civilian aviation. [43779/26]

340. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the amendment to Article 5.5 of Delegated Act (EU) 2024/1364 which was transposed almost verbatim from lobbying documents submitted by organisations (details supplied) to the European Commission as reported (details supplied); his views on the adequacy of the provision to give effect to the parent directive; and his plans…

341. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the transposition of article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive. [43996/26]

289. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the basis for recent public comments reported in the media (details supplied) that the data centre sector employs approximately 29,000 people in the State; whether the figure of 29,000 jobs associated with data centres is derived from Departmental analysis or from estimates supplied by industry representatives or agencies such as IDA …

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the amount of jet fuel and diesel imported per exporting country, in tabular form. [39920/26]

171. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the engagement he has had with other Ministers on the subject of National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) and the role of civil society; his views on the potential role of energy communities and including them on monitoring committees that will be set up to oversee the implementation of the NRPPs; and if he will make a statemen…

172. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on ring-fencing portions of available grid capacity at ESB substations for community renewable energy especially in view of the EU Commission decision that member states need not enforce first come first served policies and also in light of examples for prioritisation of community renewable energy in other EU states such as …

286. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the levels of fines or other compliance measures he is considering for the failure of data centres to comply with articles 11 and 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive. [35308/26]

53. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his attention or the attention of his officials has been drawn to the problem of demand for jet fuel from military activity straining supplies of jet fuel stocks for civilian aviation. [33334/26]

508. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of meetings, assessments or contingency planning undertaken in relation to national fuel supply constraints, including potential shortages or rationing of diesel; the consideration that has been given to the role of diesel-powered back-up generators in data centres within such planning; and to clarify the priority that wou…

509. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide a list of the community renewable energy projects that have been energised and are exporting electricity to the grid; the volume of electricity these projects have exported; the number of community renewable energy projects that have begun construction, by projects that are 100% community-owned versus those that are…

177. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire would be considered an 'islanded data' centre; and if it would be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy position that islanded data centres 'would not be in line with national policy'.…

167. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of islanded data centres contracted to connect to the gas network; the number connected to the gas network of those contracted; the number awaiting connection to the gas network of those contracted; the number of formal enquiries that have been received but which are not contracted, for each category; the amount of capacity…

75. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to protect consumers from immediate increases in the price of oil by companies using current world events as an excuse to increase their prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18551/26]

101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the impact on the cost of electricity, with growing demand for electricity from data centres has been brought to his attention or that of his officials. [19575/26]

125. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of oil boilers and gas boilers installed in the warmer homes scheme and warmth and wellbeing scheme for 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [19911/26]

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the United Nations special rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment sought to visit a location (details supplied), but was refused access by the company; if his Department will engage with the company, or the special rapporteur regarding this refusal…

283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide a breakdown of national gas demand, by sector included from data centres for the years 2023 to 2025; if he will provide data on the changes in demand for each sector over the past two years; and his views on the implications of this demand for Ireland’s energy and climate goals. [9520/26]

305. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the new individual energy upgrade grant for windows and doors is available to households who have ordered windows and doors for delivery in March 2026. [9788/26]

306. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a retrospective element is available under the new individual energy upgrade grant for windows and doors for households who were advised by the SEAI that standalone grants were not available for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9789/26]

378. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of increased charges for household waste services issued by a provider (details supplied); if he is aware the increase has been attributed in part to new pension costs; if cost increases can be issued to customers for this reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1561/26]

287. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the significant amount of grid connection capacity held by data centres which has not been used. [73595/25]

288. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he was made aware of the volume of grid connection capacity sought by data centres that have planning permission but no grid connection. [73596/25]

192. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the timeline for publishing the heads of bill for the private wires legislation. [71754/25]