Parliamentary questions

344. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Shannon Fisheries Region (Close Season for Draft Netting of Trout on Lough Ree) Bye-Law (No. 284) 2006 was subject to a full appropriate assessment screening when drafted to ensure compliance with the requirements of regulation 31 of the now repealed European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 199…

345. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Conservation of Trout (No. 8 or Limerick District) Bye-Law (No 949) 2017 was subject to a full appropriate assessment screening when drafted to ensure compliance with the requirements of regulation 42 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), conside…

346. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials would issue a section 14 authorisation under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for the stocking of invasive/non-native rainbow trout into Lough Lene SAC, County Westmeath without an appropriate assessment screening in place as required under regulation 42 of the European Communities (Birds …

347. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department’s annual funding of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) will be reduced considering that the State is saving €270,000 per annum by closing the Cong Salmon Hatchery in County Galway as per IFI board correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44137/26]

348. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials will continue to legislatively protect ranched (fin clipped) Atlantic salmon in Lough Corrib SAC, including the compulsory gill tagging of harvested ranched salmon, considering that the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has accepted that ranched salmon are detrimental to the wild salmon st…

191. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps being taken to ensure that the expansion of the electricity grid keeps pace with increased demand from housing development and renewable energy projects in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/26]

192. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to consider increasing the grant for solar panels given their increasing popularity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40896/26]

193. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the annual spend on grants for domestic solar installation over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40977/26]

194. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the annual spend on the non-domestic microgeneration grant over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40979/26]

195. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if electricity credits will be included in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39411/26]

196. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the percentage of Ireland's electricity that is imported; and the cost to import this electricity, in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [41359/26]

197. Deputy Pa Daly 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 each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; 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. [41360/26]

198. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in each of the years 2015 and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising…

199. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Department's expenditure on IT consultancy; to provide a breakdown of all IT consultants engaged by his Department; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work; and the costs associated with their services, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [41362/26]

200. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the climate action plan 2026 will be published; the reasons for the delay; if it will be published within Q2; and if he anticipates it will be published before the summer recess. [41364/26]

201. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the dates on which the Government received arrears data from the CRU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41365/26]

202. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the energy market reforms he is considering to reduce the cost of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41366/26]

203. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason Irish energy prices are so high compared to other EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41367/26]

204. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide a report on the progress made implementing the Programme for Government commitments within his remit and on the achievements since the formation of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41380/26]

205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of applications for home retrofit loans, broken down by county in each of the quarter since the schemes inception. [41399/26]

206. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home retrofit loans granted in each of the quarters since the schemes inception, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41408/26]

12. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its subsidiaries; the value of each; the type and/or name of each project; if any project has been abandoned, paused, put on hold and completed; if any projects over ra…

280. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a timeline for the enactment of the General Scheme for the Maritime Area Planning (Marine Protected Areas) (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/26]

281. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has engaged with the operators of the deposit return scheme regarding accessibility concerns raised by wheelchair users in accessing reverse vending machines independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40215/26]

282. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware that some waste collection services have added a temporary fuel surcharge; his views on whether the waste management sector is in need of a regulator; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/26]