132. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on his "greater focus on supports for undertaking retrofitting on an incremental basis"; to outline in detail the meaning of this in practice; and the way this has translated to delivery. [48844/26]
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133. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on increased fixed grant levels for attic and cavity wall insultation with values set at up to 80% of median cost; up to 100% of median cost for those on qualifying welfare payments and for first time buyers, subject to scheme conditions; the funding allocated to this measure per year; the numbers of grants allocated before the c…
134. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the capital allocation for retrofitting will be €898 million as outlined on page 10 of the Governments National Retrofit Plan (details supplied). [48916/26]
135. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to renewable energy communities; the amount of this funding this has been drawn down in each of the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48917/26]
136. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the allocated amount to the enabling grant for renewable energy communities; and the amount of the funding that has been drawn down in each of the years since the grant has been available, in tabular form. [48919/26]
137. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to sustainable energy communities in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [48920/26]
140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the PTE and FTE staff that are employed as part of the community enabling framework; to provide a breakdown of the FTE and PTE employed as part of the SRESS; the cost to employ an additional FTE and PTE as part of the SRESS; the cost to employ an additional FTE and PTE as part of the community enabling fr…
141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total number of staff broken down by FTE and PTE that are employed to support renewable energy communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48924/26]
131. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if alternative funding has been arranged for the STEM engagement officer and the STEM programme, in County Laois; if he recognises the positive contribution made by this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48039/26]
252. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department will review the eligibility criteria for the solar PV grant to make provision for homeowners in housing developments where planning permission was granted prior to 2021, but construction was completed after 2021 and where the dwellings were therefore not required to include solar PV or heat pumps under the …
253. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which local authorities can apply for funding for the disposal of nitrous oxide cannisters; the level of funding available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45726/26]
258. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 10 June 2026, to further allocate funding to local authorities for the Community Climate Action Programme on the basis the value of the applications was double the available funding. [45860/26]
259. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount that was allocated to each local authority under the recent 2026 Community Climate Action Programme allocations. [45861/26]
321. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the strategic assessment and preliminary business case for the proposed hydrogen demonstration fund will be completed; the level of funding being considered; whether the scheme will support both green and blue hydrogen projects; who will administer the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42972/26]
322. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken to support hydrogen demonstration projects before large-scale offshore wind generation becomes available in the early 2030s; if EirGrid has identified locations where surplus renewable electricity could support electrolysers before 2030; and when the relevant datasets under action one will be published. [429…
337. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the investment that will be provided to ensure nationwide full and enhanced separate textile collection by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43714/26]
244. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if private schools can avail of SEAI grants for energy upgrades. [35165/26]
83. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 24 March 2026, when the information requested will be made available. [32163/26]
289. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether homeowners in receipt of defective concrete blocks scheme funding remain fully eligible for SEAI grants for energy upgrades; if any restrictions or coordination measures are being introduced between local authorities and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30312/26]
27. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the €930 million provided to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29180/26]
420. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24499/26]
428. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment is it a prerequisite for all angling groups to be affiliated to the Angling Council of Ireland (ACI) in order to qualify for funding through the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI)/Angling Advisory Group (AAG); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24574/26]
436. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24630/26]
451. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department, disaggregated by the programme or measure funded, for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25273/26]
453. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of allocated carbon tax funding that remained unspent at year end; the amount surrendered back to the Exchequer via the Central Fund; the amount carried over via formal arrangements for deferred surrender; and whether amounts carried over were retained for the specific programme/measure originally allocated or transf…