Parliamentary questions

118. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has examined the cap-and-floor mechanism announced by the UK Government in 2024 for the electricity storage sector; if consideration has been given to the introduction of a similar mechanism here in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45068/25]

119. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades that have been supported through SEAI retrofitting schemes in Longford and Westmeath in the past five years. [45080/25]

120. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the Tallaght district heating scheme; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45171/25]

121. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the Poolbeg Waste to Energy Project; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45172/25]

122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the district heating at the glass bottle site; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45173/25]

123. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if eligibility rules have changed for applicants for SEAI grants for homes; if so, if successful applicants previous to the change in rules can still get access to old rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45263/25]

124. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of funding the State received from the European Just Transition Fund; the sectors that have received funding from the fund to date; the amount that has been received under each funding stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45462/25]

125. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which a farmer (details supplied) can find out who owns the fishing rights on their land which bounds the River Suir; the way in which they can register their right to fish on their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45465/25]

126. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has developed or holds any strategic mapping or spatial planning data identifying areas where wind farms are viable; if so, whether such maps are available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45663/25]

127. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on his efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to revise and improve the provision of grants and financing models for homeowners who wish to retrofit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45714/25]

128. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the merits of providing targeted support in the form of tax breaks for businesses that rent out clothes, to promote the circular economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45760/25]

129. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the merits of providing targeted support in the form of tax breaks for businesses that rent out clothes, to promote the circular economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45761/25]

130. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the mechanisms available to homeowners whose properties have been damaged as a result of works carried out under SEAI approved retrofit schemes; the redress routes that are open to affected households in cases where contractors have carried out substandard and damaging works; if he w…

131. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the criteria used to determine the order in which households on the life support category of the priority services register receive solar panel installation under the solar PV for the medically vulnerable scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45846/25]

132. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the staffing and resources available to the MARA are sufficient to enable the agency to adequately perform its statutory functions to validate, assess and issue MACs and MULs in a timely manner. [45869/25]

133. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to urgently investigate the source of the pollution that caused the death of tens of thousands of fish in the River Blackwater and some of its tributaries, i.e. a toxic chemical spill or as a result of something else, as this wipeout will have a devastating impact on our tourism Industry; and to ensure that the c…

134. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to identify which Minister of State has responsibility for Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45996/25]

135. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a report on the Munster Blackwater river biodiversity loss has been submitted to the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45997/25]

136. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has received a briefing on the recent Blackwater river fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45998/25]

137. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has met with the acting CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland in relation to the recent Blackwater river fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45999/25]

138. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to address the impact of data centres on energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46022/25]

139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to address the warnings the Government received regarding the upward pressure data centre expansion is having on household energy bills (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46023/25]

140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on his engagements with the CRU since taking office; the date and details of any meetings that took place; the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46024/25]

141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has met with the Minister for housing to discuss what impact the constrained grid is having on housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46025/25]

142. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has considered legislating so that the CRU has the mandate to authorise the prioritising of certain grid connections on the basis of their social good, as they do in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46026/25]