Parliamentary questions

212. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he uses personal emails for his Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42140/25]

213. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42459/25]

214. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the work to date his Department has undertaken as part of the energy poverty steering group; the number of times this group has met since its establishment in August 2022; the actions to date from these engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42491/25]

215. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the up-to-date position on having the deposit return scheme available at civic amenity sites in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42492/25]

216. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to expand the EU just transition funding outside of the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42493/25]

217. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the up-to-date position on providing funding to local authorities to install CCTV cameras in the vicinity of bottle banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42495/25]

218. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware that currently the SEAI are giving timelines of completion of all works of 26 months under the free energy upgrades, warmer homes scheme for County Cork; the measures being taken to reduce these timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42496/25]

219. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if hydrotreated vegetable oil will be available under our clean energy transition for the heating of homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42497/25]

220. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department or any agency operating under the aegis of his Department has used reserved contracts or social clauses in its public procurement tenders in the past five years; if so, the nature of the reserved contract or social clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42732/25]

221. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 13 February 2025 (details supplied) and following the NDP review, if the allocations remain the same for retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42761/25]

222. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 13 February 2025 (details supplied) and following the NDP review, if the allocations remain the same for retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42762/25]

223. 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 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42763/25]

224. 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 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42764/25]

225. 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. [42765/25]

226. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the annual uplift in the funding allocated to retrofitting under the national development plan in each of the years 2020 to 2030, in tabular form. [42766/25]

227. 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. [42767/25…

228. 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 each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [42768/25]

229. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to install a heat pump, broken down by post-BER rating and by SEAI scheme in each of the years 2020, to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42769/25]

230. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided for community energy grants in 2020 to 2024 and in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42770/25]

231. 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; the progress and 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. [42771/25]

232. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to MUDs under the community energy grant scheme by property owner type i.e. community organisations, AHBS and REITS; to provide a breakdown of the total amount awarded to each property owner type; to provide a breakdown of the funding drawn down by each property owner type;…

233. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of the NDP review and the announcement of €3.5 billion of an equity investment in ESB and EirGrid, the level of equity this investment will equate to in both ESB and EirGrid, respectively; to provide a breakdown of the equity the Government has in both EirGrid and ESB as the TSO and DSO, respectively; the way th…

234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the NDP review and the €500 million allocated under the ICN fund; the details of what this allocation will fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42839/25]

235. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the €500 million allocated to his Department under the ICN fund; the details of what this allocation will fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42844/25]

236. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment if environmental assessments will still be undertaken on future infrastructure projects, as outlined in the National Development Plan 2021-2030; if the just transition metric, as outlined in the plan, will be applied to said assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42880/25]