Parliamentary questions

23. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to work with farmers and rural communities to realise the transition opportunities from energy efficiency, renewable electricity and heat, efficient food production and nature-based solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3996…

24. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which his Department received a request from EirGrid for an increase in the rate of a deferred personal pension for the Éirgrid pension increment for retired employees which is payable to former employees who have retained membership of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40122/2…

25. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which EirGrid requested increases in payments under the Eirgrid pension increment for retired employees.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40123/25]

26. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm the dates that the relevant Minister approved the deferred pensions rate increase the Eirgrid pension increment for retired employees with the consent of the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40124/25]

27. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm the dates that the relevant Minister approved the increases in pension payments for the Eirgrid pension increment for retired employees with the consent of the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40125/25]

206. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will detail the total number of CCTV cameras owned by his Department; the specific video file format used in the recording and dissemination of the recorded footage; the total number of CCTV cameras owned by bodies under the aegis of his Department; the specific video file format used in the recording and …

207. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of people that have availed of the solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable persons since it became available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38704/25]

208. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of people that have applied for the solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable persons since the scheme became available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38705/25]

209. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current timeline of delivery for the proposed acquisition of a State-leased floating storage and regasification unit and construction of ancillary infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38724/25]

210. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the locations short-listed for the State-leased floating storage and regasification unit and associated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38725/25]

211. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list the gas storage “onshore salt cavern” locations that have been identified for a ‘full mitigation scenario’, as outlined by the Gas Networks Ireland ‘Preliminary Business Case’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38726/25]

212. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the promised public consultation on a State-led floating storage and regasification unit, as outlined by the previous Minister of this Department, will be undertaken, keeping in mind Ireland’s commitments under the Aarhus Convention and the legal challenges taken by an organisation (details supplied) in re…

213. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason he took the decision to dispense with a revised Energy Poverty Action Plan in favour of advancing an Energy Affordability Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38728/25]

214. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for the timeline for the publication of the Energy Affordability Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/25]

215. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if any exception could be made to waste regulations for small scale café’s which would enable them to sell or provide for free coffee grinds to local community gardens as fertilizers, even if said community garden groups did not possess a waste licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38730/25]

216. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the main policy achievements of his Department since 23 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38749/25]

217. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes funded for retrofit in 2025, by local authority under the warmer homes scheme, in tabular form. [38832/25]

218. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if an SEAI application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39250/25]

219. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to the publication of the Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland in July 2024, the engagement that has taken place with his Department and the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, local planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála in relation to addressing the safety and regula…

220. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the incentives in place to encourage people to purchase rainwater harvesting equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39389/25]

221. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his priorities for Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39452/25]

222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which he plans to address the €3.3 billion environmental investment gap identified in the latest European Commission Environmental Implementation Review country report for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39453/25]

223. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his response to the fact that Ireland’s waste recycling rates have not improved for the past five years and are at risk of missing 2025 recycling targets; the steps he is taking to remedy the situation; the way in which he plans to improve Ireland’s circular use of materials rate, which stood at 2.3% versus an EU a…

224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for the phase-out of incineration in our waste management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39456/25]

225. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for a progress report on the implementation of Buying Greener: Green Public Procurement Strategy and Action Plan 2024-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39457/25]