193. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he will seek a waiver for pre legislative scrutiny of the private wires legislation. [71758/25]
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194. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he has received reports from electricity network operators of outages from fluctuations in frequencies in the grid related to data centres causing issues; and the measures adopted to mitigate their effects. [71756/25]
195. 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; and, for each category, the amount of cap…
285. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which his Department received correspondence from, or met with, a company (details supplied) or its representatives since March 2025; and the subject of any such correspondence and/or meeting, in tabular form. [71205/25]
96. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which his Department received market monitoring data from the CRU on the number of customers in arrears on their energy bills over the past six months, in tabular form. [69228/25]
165. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 8 July 2025, when he will bring a memorandum to Government to formally withdraw Ireland from the Energy Charter Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68877/25]
177. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the options for assistance with meeting high energy and heating bills for individuals and families; if it is intended to provide supports given the difficulty for households in meeting these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68959/25]
90. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which he or his Department officials met with electricity suppliers or their representatives. [68352/25]
167. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial electricity customers in arrears; the number of domestic gas customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial gas customers in arrears; the number of domestic electricity customers i…
170. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown, by local authority of the number of domestic solar panel installations, by county for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [58061/25]
171. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he or any bodies under his aegis have carried out a socio-economic impact analysis of the grants for solar panel to private residences. [58062/25]
214. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his attention has been brought to Britain's National Audit Office report about failures of insulation schemes with the quality of installations of external and internal wall insulation and suspected fraud on the energy company obligation; and whether similar concerns have been raised about insulation schemes here. [59667/25]
208. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans with respect to the transposition of Article 18 of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, 2024 revision; and the way in which he intends to meet the objectives of a one-stop-shop for physical renovation as set out in the article. [57393/25]
209. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department's allocation in Budget 2026 makes provision for the estimated €220m in national contributions to match the €663m in funding under the EU Social Climate Fund which can be drawn down from 2026; which vote this allocation will fall under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56564/25]
227. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions he is taking to investigate the allegation of price gouging levelled by the Taoiseach against energy suppliers during Leaders' Questions on 14 October and in light of evidence of price gouging highlighted by the International Energy Agency report (details supplied). [57356/25]
228. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he plans to match fund for the full allocation of the Social Climate Fund. [57357/25]
182. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of the progress made towards transposing the provisions of the revised Energy Efficiency Directive by the 11 October 2025 deadline. [54920/25]
195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of domestic electricity and gas customers in arrears (details supplied); the average value of the arrears, using the information provided to his Department by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, in tabular form. [55261/25]
145. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial electricity customers in arrears; the number of domestic gas customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial gas customers in arrears; the number of domestic electricity customers i…
179. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial electricity customers in arrears; the number of domestic gas customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial gas customers in arrears; the number of domestic electricity customers i…
180. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre is considered an "islanded" data centre, if it is powered by gas powered generators off-site connected via a private wire, as was suggested in recent media reports (details supplied). [46729/25]
301. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for the consultation for the social climate plan. [43744/25]
303. 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 as was suggested in recent media reports (details supplied) would be considered an 'islanded data' centre, and would be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy position that islanded dat…
304. 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; and, for each category, the amount of cap…
305. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on efforts to transpose the provisions of Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive relating to data centres, the deadline for which elapsed in June 2025. [44107/25]