307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his response to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities report that as of April 2025, there are more people in arrears on energy bills than at an time since the invasion of Ukraine; and given the objective need for an energy credit greater than at any point previously, if he will consider a fifth round of energy credits. [44232/25]
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308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears; the number of commercial electricity customers in arrears; the number of domestic gas customers in arrears; the number of commercial gas customers in arrears for the months of May and June 2025, using the information provided to his Department's Retail Energy Policy and Regulati…
149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the dates on which the Energy Poverty Steering Group which was established under the Energy Poverty Action Plan from 2022 has met, in tabular form. [38395/25]
150. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the annual report on the Energy Poverty Action Plan for 2024 will be submitted to Government and published. [38396/25]
210. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when Ireland plans to formally leave the Energy Charter Treaty, particularly in light of the EU exit and Inter Se Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37725/25]
218. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reasons for the failure to meet the deadline for completing the Climate Action Plan 2024, sub action EL/24/22, to implement enhanced emissions reporting framework for electricity emissions for large energy users, by the end of 2024. [37143/25]
225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline, in respect of greenhouse gas emissions from data centres, the sectoral emissions ceiling those emissions are counted towards under the sectoral emissions ceilings set by the Government in July 2022. [37839/25]
228. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he plans to establish the Just Transition Commission on a statutory footing. [34358/25]
13. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for a list of the names on the senior officials group examining the data centres transition pathway analysis. [33084/25]
14. 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. [33086/25]
33. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position which Ireland will take on the upcoming renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the European Union, Egypt and Israel on natural gas, specifically due to the lack of a territorial clause explicitly excluding the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31336/25]
226. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline any measures he is considering to maintain the level of imports of electricity from Britain following any future changes in the price of electricty between the two markets. [29479/25]
234. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 4 March 2025, if he is satisfied that the EPA "Ireland's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2024" report and the SEAI "Interim National Energy Balance 2024" report included demand from direct demand from data centres for natural gas which were identified as a "blind spot" by the author of…
241. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials have conducted a standalone cost benefit analysis of the risks and opportunities arising from high volumes of the State's electricity being consumed by data centres including but not limited to its negative impact on housing delivery targets and climate targets weighed against potential benefits such as modest levels …