26. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline progress on the upgrading of the national electricity grid. [69813/26]
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221. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions taken since Storm Éowyn to improve the resilience of the electricity distribution network; and to provide a breakdown of works completed to date. [68834/26]
109. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider accelerating delivery of hybrid grid connections and shared connection arrangements. [66786/26]
110. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the expected timetable for implementing the CRU's decision on shared grid connections for co-located renewable generation and battery storage. [66783/26]
15. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on updates to Ireland grid as part of PR6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65910/26]
143. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update of the grid as outlined as part of PR6; if he has met with EirGrid and ESB to discuss and programme of works planned out to 2030; if he has been or expects to be presented with a timework of works for delivery; if not, when he expects to see a programme and timeline for project delivery; and if he will make a s…
214. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the new policy on private wires; if he will provide further details on the framework for gaining the consent of local communities and landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54562/26]
215. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the new policy on private wires; if he will provide further details on the framework to ensure that private wires will not undermine the development of the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54563/26]
216. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the new policy on private wires; to provide the details to ensure that it does not undermine the financing of the national grid and does not impact on TSO and the DSO to maintain and expand the national grid. [54564/26]
217. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the additional resources that will be provided to the CRU for its regulatory role with regard to private wires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54565/26]
218. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the new private wires policy and the threshold for a new grid based solution not being available thus allowing access to a private connection. [54566/26]
118. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when he intends to introduce the private wires bill. [47061/26]
12. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline if his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the current high cost of electricity on the Government's own electrification and decarbonisation targets; the measures that are in place to ensure that the cost of necessary grid infrastructure investment does not fall disproportionately on domestic consumers; and if he …
27. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the proposed Private Wires Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44077/26]
38. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps being taken to ensure that retail electricity prices are brought to a level that makes electrification a genuinely affordable proposition for ordinary households, given the Government’s ambition to accelerate the electrification of Irish homes through heat pumps, electric vehicles, and other demand-side measures; and if he will…
51. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 16 April 2026, to outline any further progress made in the drafting of the Private Wires Bill 2025; when he expects the bill to be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44518/26]
17. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households disconnected from electricity supply in each of the past five years due to non-payment of bills; if he will report on trends in energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44348/26]
191. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps being taken to ensure that the expansion of the electricity grid keeps pace with increased demand from housing development and renewable energy projects in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/26]
314. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the long-term delays being experienced by those building once-off houses in securing electricity connections; if he is aware that priority appears to be given to large scale residential developments; where significant connection delays are also reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40194/26]
95. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether any policy options have been examined by his Department to address potential regional disparities arising from electricity standing charge structures; and if so, to outline those options and any decisions taken. [33276/26]
293. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the work and progress of the Future Grid Working Group established in 2024; including its terms of reference, the frequency of its meetings, its membership, the key workstreams under way; the timeline for delivery of its outputs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29603/26]
83. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to eliminate the risk of electricity blackouts due to risk to grid stability that is posed by data centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26187/26]
116. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Celtic Interconnector is on track to be operational by Spring 2028; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27323/26]
135. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has had discussions with his Spanish counterpart in relation to the possibility of an interconnection project between our two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27348/26]
166. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the works to increase capacity of the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/26]