Parliamentary questions

287. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the number of retailers and producers currently operating the deposit return scheme; to outline any challenges faced in the introduction of the scheme, and efforts to overcome them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43530/25]

288. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on plans to address the high costs of energy in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43531/25]

289. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on plans to deliver onshore and offshore wind power and solar in a sustainable way and engage with the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43532/25]

290. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost of providing a €500 energy credit to each private household. [43563/25]

291. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost of providing a €500 energy credit to each private household. [43564/25]

292. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated number of home retrofits to B2 standard or above that could be carried out for an investment of €2 billion. [43566/25]

293. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the progress made in addressing the backlog of applications for foreshore licences in recent years, and in particular to state when he expects his staff to determine the application for a foreshore licence (details supplied). [43577/25]

294. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to estimate the cost of converting all fossil fuel powered electricity generation in the State to renewable energy. [43583/25]

295. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the work being done by his Department to reduce the waiting period for the warmer homes grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43593/25]

296. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43654/25]

297. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy, and crisis management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43672/25]

298. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the waiting period for applicants to the warmer homes grant scheme, by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43721/25]

299. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken to combat illegal dumping; whether additional resources are being provided by his Department to Dublin City Council to support the council in addressing this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43722/25]

300. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the creation of an urban waste management programme, acknowledging the acute waste management needs of dense residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43723/25]

301. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for the consultation for the social climate plan. [43744/25]

302. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update in relation to Vermilion Energy Corrib Ireland Ltd v The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43993/25]

303. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire as was suggested in recent media reports (details supplied) would be considered an 'islanded data' centre, and would be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy positi…

304. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of islanded data centres contracted to connect to the gas network; the number connected to the gas network of those contracted; the number awaiting connection to the gas network of those contracted; the number of formal enquiries that have been received but which are not contracted; and, for each categor…

305. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on efforts to transpose the provisions of Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive relating to data centres, the deadline for which elapsed in June 2025. [44107/25]

306. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to introduce energy poverty reduction measures to assist with high energy costs for lower income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44130/25]

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his response to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities report that as of April 2025, there are more people in arrears on energy bills than at an time since the invasion of Ukraine; and given the objective need for an energy credit greater than at any point previously, if he will consider a fifth round of energy…

308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears; the number of commercial electricity customers in arrears; the number of domestic gas customers in arrears; the number of commercial gas customers in arrears for the months of May and June 2025, using the information provided to his Department's Retail Energy…

309. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home retrofits, supported by SEAI, that were completed to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44259/25]

310. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the funding allocation model for retrofit set out in table 1 of the National Retrofit Action Plan (page 10) will be funded through extra carbon tax revenue; if this is under review; when the review be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44260/25]

311. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the programmes that are in place to protect rivers and lakes on a cross-Border basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44377/25]