Parliamentary questions

165. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to urgently address the long delays in SEAI grant processing times, that are over two years long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32060/25]

166. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the legal basis for the threatened €26 billion in fines related to Irish climate targets, both in domestic and Irish law; when the Government and Dáil Éireann agreed to accede to the instruments which expose the State to such fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32079/25]

167. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm who owns the land a facility (details supplied) is situated on. [32138/25]

168. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if an application (details supplied) for the warmer homes scheme could be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32301/25]

169. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland plans to offer a replacement scrappage deal on gas boilers that are aged over 15 years old for domestic residential properties only. [32338/25]

170. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters (for example, utm_source); if so, whether any visits have been recorded with a specific parameter or similar identifiers indicating traffic from ChatGPT; and to provide the monthly number of such v…

171. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32634/25]

172. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the current planning guidelines in use for an inland wind farm will be updated in view of the recent high court ruling in Wexford; if he has considered the consequences of this ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32698/25]

173. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on supporting the European Commission proposal for a 90% reduction in EU emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32715/25]

174. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will m…

191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to a…

192. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of all dispatchable electricity generators currently operating within the single electricity market (SEM) (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31397/25]

193. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31409/25]

194. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of the 16 settlements reported by the EPA to be discharging raw sewage in 2024 that are still discharging raw sewerage; the anticipated date by which the discharge of raw sewerage is expected to cease in respect of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31423/25]

195. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of settlements that are known by his Department to have wastewater treatment facilities that fail to meet EU standards set to protect the environment, including the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31424/25]

196. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of the 547 unsewered settlements in Ireland, many of which are coastal summer holiday destinations, that have an average weekly loading in excess of 2,000 PE during some months of the summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31425/25]

197. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment who he and his Department considers responsible for the assessment of sub-threshold agglomerations, particularly in coastal locations where the population equivalent varies disproportionately during the summer season, given that the statutory body responsible for wastewater treatment and networks, Uisce Éireann, …

198. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment the number of meetings he has had with Bord na Mona on the sale of Bord Na Mona recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31453/25]

199. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment to publish all documentation relating to his consideration of Ministerial consent of Bord Na Mona recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31454/25]

200. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment the actions he will take to protect workers’ pay and conditions at Bord na Mona recycling and ensure that Bord na Móna recycling will establish a registered employment agreement on pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31455/25]

201. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of s…

202. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a consumer pays the €1.50 recycling charge when they purchase a new motorcycle tyre, if they are exempt from paying the same charge when they attend the recycling centre to dispose of the tyre when it has worn out. [31548/25]

203. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31558/25]

204. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the revenue that would have been earned if the market revenue cap (details supplied) had remained in place, by year. [31604/25]

205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to addressing illegal dumping in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31613/25]