215. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51510/25]
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216. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of problems with the removal of clothes pods, where they have become hotspots for illegal dumping and are not being used regularly for the donation of clothes, as a result of the EU Waste Framework Directive, which requires each Member State to provide a segregated waste collection service; and if his Department will in…
217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the expected cost of the business energy upgrade scheme in it's first year since being launched in November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51699/25]
218. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the Government’s National Heat Policy Statement; when he expects that it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51734/25]
219. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the expansion of the definition of ‘vulnerable customers’ to include financially vulnerable customers as committed to in the previous Energy Poverty Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51735/25]
220. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of tonnes of farm plastic currently stored in Irish Farm Film Producers Groups approved yards; and where in the country are they stored. [51805/25]
221. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of farm plastic that has been collected by Irish Farm Film Producers Groups from Irish farmers; the amount that has been recycled; the amount that has been incinerated; the amount that has been exported in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025, in tabular form. [51807/25]
222. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason Irish farmers have to pay a recycling levy when they buy silage wrap and also have to pay for it to be collected for recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51809/25]
223. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has received complaints or reports regarding the treatment of vulnerable ESB customers in arrears. [51965/25]
224. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 8 September 2025, the specific issues that led the meeting to be suspended without agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52021/25]
225. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide further detail on the review being undertaken by his Department of extended producer responsibility and the producer responsibility initiatives for the WEEE and batteries sectors; and to outline the scope, objectives and expected timeline for the completion of this review. [52126/25]
182. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which a multi-agency investigation confirmed the extent of the August 2025 fish kill in the Blackwater but failed to establish a source or cause; and if additional investigative steps such as independent hydrological analysis or technical assistance from the European Commission will now be undertaken. [50871/25]
183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide details of Inland Fisheries Ireland’s quantified estimate of fish mortalities by species and life stage on the Blackwater in August 2025; the river reach affected by kilometre, the ecological risk assessment used; and the planned remediation and stock recovery measures with timelines and funding. [50900/25]
184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to explain his Department’s final position on the cause of the Blackwater fish kill, given public communications that evolved from possible disease to pollution; and to reconcile this with laboratory results published on 18 and 19 September 2025. [50907/25]
185. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the implications of Ireland’s ratification of the UN High Seas Treaty; whether he intends to designate additional marine protected areas under the Treaty; the funding and enforcement resources that will be allocated; the means by which Ireland will engage with EU partners to ensure compliance and cooperation; and if he will make a stat…
186. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of instances of non-compliance with the DRS scheme (details supplied); if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss compliance and enforcement; the sanctions in place for retailers and/or suppliers who are non-compliant; whether data is being collected regarding compliance rates; and if he will make a sta…
114. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the results and reporting from the Green Public Procurement (GPP) Strategy and Action Plan, particularly with regards to the minimum 10% of food purchased by public sector bodies to be certified organic; if this target is on track to be achieved and when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50227/25]
115. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the warmer homes scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50882/25]
116. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49602/25]
117. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired by his Department from an Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49620/25]
118. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the rationale for allowing retail energy companies to increase their unit price for domestic energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49656/25]
119. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of the waiting times for applications under the SEAI warmer homes scheme (details supplied); and his views on whether these delays are acceptable. [49718/25]
120. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the WTE staff by job title working within the Geological Survey Division of his Department as of 10 September 2025; the number of WTE vacancies currently in this division, by job title; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [49809/25]
121. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which the State can address the problem of producers avoiding their obligation under Extended Producer Responsibility rules by selling into Ireland by way of distant sales via third-country retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50168/25]
122. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm that there are two principal officers assigned to the Inland Fisheries Division, as stated by his Departments website on 12 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50212/25]