Parliamentary questions

27. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if, in view of Ireland’s municipal waste recycling rate remaining at 41% for the past decade, well below the 55% target for 2025, his Department has assessed the merits of introducing a pay-on-behalf system to address non-compliance by distance sellers with their waste and recycling obligations; and if he will make a…

28. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he will take to rectify the imbalance in obligations for product take-back and recycling between domestic retailers and distance sellers, with a view to ensuring that all businesses placing products on the Irish market are subject to equivalent environmental compliance requirements. [55573/25]

29. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific measures and initiatives to which the additional €157 million dedicated to circular economy measures in Budget 2026 will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55584/25]

30. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific measures and initiatives to which the additional €64 million dedicated to the Environmental Protection Agency in Budget 2026 will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55585/25]

31. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider commissioning an assessment of the costs incurred by Irish retailers as a result of distance sellers who fail to comply with their take-back obligations under extended producer responsibility schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55586/25]

32. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific responsibilities and powers of the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to the enforcement of extended producer responsibility rules as they apply to distance sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55587/25]

33. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which the €3.5 billion released for ESB Networks and EirGrid in capital expenditure in Budget 2026 will assist in developing grid capabilities to support high-capacity electric vehicle charging hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55592/25]

34. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what contexts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55692/25]

35. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to retrofit a home to a BER cost optimum standard under the better energy warmer homes scheme in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [55770/25]

36. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to retrofit a home to a BER cost optimum standard under the one stop shop scheme in the years 2023, 2024 and to date 2025, in tabular form. [55771/25]

37. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the revised estimate in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [55772/25]

38. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of total capital and current funding allocated to the solar PV scheme under subhead b4 of the revised estimate in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and to provide a breakdown of the allocation under this scheme dedicated to domestic and non-domestic solar PV, respectively [55774/25]

39. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the average cost to install domestic solar PV under the solar PV scheme; and the average size of systems installed on homes in kWp, in the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [55775/25]

40. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to install domestic solar PV under the solar PV scheme; and the average size of systems installed on homes in kWp, in the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [55776/25]

41. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to install a heat pump, by post-BER rating, and by SEAI scheme in 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55777/25]

42. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding provided for community energy grants in 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55778/25]

43. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on SRESS 1; the number of projects which were successful in their applications; to report on their progress; when he anticipates they will be energised; when he anticipates SRESS 2 will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55779/25]

44. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the expansion of district heating; the funding that was allocated for 2026 as part of Budget 2026; under which subhead this allocation is located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55838/25]

45. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of the target of 5.7TWh indigenously produced by 2030 that has been achieved to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55839/25]

46. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of the 2030 target for onshore wind that has been achieved (energised) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55840/25]

47. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of the 2030 target for offshore wind that has been achieved (energised) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55841/25]

48. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of the 2030 target for solar PV that has been achieved (energised) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55842/25]

49. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of the 2030 target for offshore wind capacity, specifically for renewable hydrogen, which has been achieved (energised) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55843/25]

50. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the rationale for the threshold in the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025 that states the Act will not apply to suppliers of fuels used for heating purposes that generate less than 400GWh of fuels per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55886/25]

51. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment who will conduct the analysis of market coverage ahead of a final decision on the 400GWh threshold in the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025; the timeline for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55887/25]