Parliamentary questions

120. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider expanding the SEAI warmer homes scheme eligibility to all those over 70 years, regardless of whether they are in receipt of fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49103/25]

121. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will transpose the EU definition of energy poverty into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48996/25]

122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on Ireland's capacity to monitor air pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48945/25]

123. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will urgently introduce legislation to properly protect marine protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49161/25]

124. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when a new a waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/25]

125. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason he has scrapped the energy poverty action plan and excluded civil society organisations from the National Energy Affordability Taskforce; if he will meet with civil society organisations in relation to the new energy affordability action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49162/25]

126. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will support legislation to enable the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to give more specific directions in terms of mandatory emissions reduction and offsetting measures to large energy users like data centres, such as a requirement that they generate and are operated using localised, sustainable a…

127. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the work of the National Energy Affordability Taskforce. [48944/25]

128. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proposed timeline for the delivery of the private wires legislation referenced in the Private Wires Policy Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48876/25]

129. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the supports available within his Department to further develop the Galway warm home hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48429/25]

130. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to prepare for the impact of storms this upcoming autumn, winter and beyond; the further measures he is taking to ensure that people are better protected than they were in 2024; if he has met with the Minister for Social Protection to discuss the humanitarian assistance that will be available i…

131. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the development of renewable energy. [48943/25]

132. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the input his Department has had into the development of solar energy development guidelines as initiated by the Department for Housing; Local Government and Heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49077/25]

133. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Government remains committed to the decision of the previous Government to withdraw from the EU Energy Treaty; if so, when this withdrawal will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48559/25]

134. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a separate renewable heat obligation rate was considered for the liquid fuels sector; the reason this was not advanced given those working in the sector claim they can reach a rate of 20% from year one rather than the current 1.5% rate that applies to all fuels in the home heating sector; and if he will make a s…

135. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress that has been made to date in 2025 towards reaching the Government’s retrofitting targets across housing, to include public and private housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48909/25]

136. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding any incentives or obligations under review within his Department that would support data centres in the use of renewable energy systems to minimise their reliance on the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49041/25]

137. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will intervene to oppose plans for wind turbines in east Clare (details supplied); if aviation authorities have been formally consulted in his Department’s mapping exercise; and, if not, if east Clare will be removed from mapped wind areas until full consultation and a cumulative aviation risk assessment …

138. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the retrofit plan. [49211/25]

139. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress being made to reduce waiting times for the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49274/25]

140. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has carried out a review of the level of performance of all public bodies with regards to their obligations under section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; to provide a report on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49308/25]

141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the deposit return scheme; if he is aware of the €66.7 million in unclaimed deposits; if he is aware of the salaries of the CEO and directors; to report on any meeting he has had with Re-turn since he took up office and since its annual report was published in July 2025; and if he will make a statem…

142. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the progress of national retrofitting. [49011/25]

143. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on implementation of the ESB Networks Winter 2025 Grid Resilience Plan. [48976/25]

144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of electricity. [49292/25]