Parliamentary questions

226. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the implementation of the previous Government’s 2022 Policy Statement on Mineral Exploration and Mining; the items that remain outstanding; the steps he is taking to ensure their implementation by the end of the five year implementation period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39458/…

227. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to increase the construction and demolition waste materials recycling rate in Ireland, which stood at 39.7% in 2020 versus an EU average of 78.1%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39459/25]

228. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views regarding the remunicipalisation of waste services in Ireland; if he has engaged with campaigners on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39460/25]

229. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to the Accelerating Renewable Electricity Taskforce - €4 billion between 2021 and 2025; the amount of this which has been drawn down to date; the plans to progress the work of this taskforce beyond 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39545/25]

230. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the Enhanced Winter 2025 Grid Resilience Plan being developed by the ESB; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39546/25]

231. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if and when there will be another round of Just Transition funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39563/25]

232. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the rationale for treating the three sisters of the rivers Suir, Nore and Barrow as three distinct salmon fisheries for regulatory purposes with three different conservation limits when the salmon in all three rivers have been proven to be genetically the same, and should be considered as one stock and not t…

233. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list all national strategies, action plans or documents that may be described as such, which are currently in operation and under the remit of his Department. [39602/25]

234. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are plans to amend the eligibility criteria for the SEAI solar panel grant scheme to include residential properties built after 2020; if consideration has been given to extending the grant to households who were unable to install solar panels at the time of construction due to rising costs; and if he will …

149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the dates on which the Energy Poverty Steering Group which was established under the Energy Poverty Action Plan from 2022 has met, in tabular form. [38395/25]

150. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the annual report on the Energy Poverty Action Plan for 2024 will be submitted to Government and published. [38396/25]

151. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the 2025 round of the circular economy innovation grant scheme funding will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38454/25]

152. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details for the past three years and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years, detailing the course title, the course provider, the course fees, grade of employee supported, whether course was in person or online…

153. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of the 2 July 2025, why he did not provide a copy of the findings of the mid-term Irish Farm Film Producers, as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38584/25]

154. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of retrofitting grant applications approved, by grant type, by county, since 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38591/25]

155. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes that have been upgraded through the Better Energy Homes scheme since it began in 2009, by year and main type of upgrade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38592/25]

156. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of applications that have been made to the Warmer Homes Scheme since 2018; the number that were approved, by year and by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38593/25]

157. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average waiting time for approval has been under the home energy upgrade scheme since it began, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38594/25]

158. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of public funding that has been allocated to home retrofit grants since 2020, by year and by grant type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38595/25]

159. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in ta…

160. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will open an investigation into the slow restoration of electricity services in the wake of Storm Éowyn; how his Department will mitigate storm impacts moving forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38632/25]

3. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of the concerns of the liquid fuel home heating sector that the obligation rates planned for the forthcoming renewable heat obligation are too low to have a meaningful impact on carbon emissions and its view that a more ambitious target of a 20% blend would be equivalent to deploying 160,000 heat pumps …

210. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when Ireland plans to formally leave the Energy Charter Treaty, particularly in light of the EU exit and Inter Se Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37725/25]

211. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm Ireland’s stance on the Right to a Healthy Environment Campaign at the Council of Europe, specifically regarding whether or not we are in favour; our position on the “floodgate” argument against the protocol; and ideally how access to justice in courts would look. [36983/25]

212. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming, and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [36988/25]