Questions

285. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total amount of public money, including from the Central Fund and any other sources, expended on the acquisition of carbon credits and investments in multilateral funds through the Carbon Fund and related mechanisms since its establishment in 2007; if he will provide a yearly breakdown of such expenditure and the compliance outcome…

286. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to detail the rationale for the voluntary cancellation of the remaining 701,795 Kyoto units in the Carbon Fund on 17 April 2025; the original cost to the State of acquiring or receiving these specific units from 2006–2007 investments; his assessment of the overall value-for-money delivered by these legacy credits in meeting Ireland’s i…

287. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the need to purchase carbon credits during the 2013–2020 period, as referenced in the Carbon Fund 2024 Annual Report, demonstrates the failure of Government policies to support practical and achievable emission reductions, particularly given the disproportionate and unrealistic targets imposed on the agriculture sector; if he will o…

288. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the lessons that have been learned from the operation and wind-down of the Carbon Fund, particularly around the potential wastefulness of relying on international carbon offsets instead of practical, cost-effective measures at home that support farming families; if he will confirm that no further purchases of carbon credits or equivale…

289. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the basis for recent public comments reported in the media (details supplied) that the data centre sector employs approximately 29,000 people in the State; whether the figure of 29,000 jobs associated with data centres is derived from Departmental analysis or from estimates supplied by industry representatives or agencies such as IDA …

290. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment the status of all proposed offshore wind farm projects off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39467/26]

291. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment the status of grid connection arrangements for offshore wind projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39468/26]

292. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment if the State remains on track to meet its offshore wind targets for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39469/26]

293. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the total electricity output (in GWh) generated by each onshore wind farm connected to the national grid in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39470/26]

294. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the number of days each onshore wind farm was operational and generating electricity to the grid in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39471/26]

295. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total number of operational onshore wind farms in each of the past three years; the total annual electricity generated by onshore wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39473/26]

296. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason consumers continue to pay for renewable (wind) energy through the public service obligation to wind farms that directed to dispatch-down their production. [39503/26]

297. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the publication of the Western Lakes Management Plan, considering the recent appointment of a new inland fisheries Ireland CEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39557/26]

298. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the inland fisheries bye-laws in existence for ten years or more that are currently being reviewed by his officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39558/26]

299. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the intentions of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 are consistent with the First Schedule Part 2 of the European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024 - S.I. No. 374 of 2024 [39559/26]

300. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department officials will be cognisant of article 7.1.9 of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in 1995, regarding the future management of Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway as a wild brown trout fishery; and if he will make a statement on the …

301. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the commercial draft netting of wild brown trout is still permitted on Lough Ree SAC under the Lough Ree (Netting for Trout) Bye-Law (No. 484) 1954 and the Shannon Fisheries Region (Close Season for Draft Netting of Trout on Lough Ree) Bye-Law (No. 284) 2006, considering that there are no controls of invasive pike in the…

302. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will review the legislative inconsistency in harvesting limits for Lough Ree wild brown trout between the Shannon Fisheries Region (Close Season for Draft Netting of Trout on Lough Ree) Bye-Law (No. 284) 2006 and the Conservation of Trout (No. 8 or Limerick District) Bye-Law (No 949) 2017, where commercial netsmen…

303. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials ever issued a Section 14 Authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for the stocking of invasive/non-native rainbow trout into Lough Lene SAC, Co. Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39563/26]

304. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when will the review of the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 be completed considering that the conservation aims of the legislation are completely at odds with current pike culling operations on Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39564/26]

305. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current position regarding the timeline for the installation of solar panels for the medically vulnerable under the SEAI medically vulnerable (MV) solar PV scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39634/26]

306. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 24 March 2026, for an update on the proposed Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 2025 relating to the incorporation of forestry corridors into legislation; the current status of the Act following the Minister's previous indication that the Bill was due to return to Government shortly; the …

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the amount of jet fuel and diesel imported per exporting country, in tabular form. [39920/26]

308. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of Ireland's Third Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan, which went out for Public Consultation between December 2025 and January 2026; when he plans to publish the National Implementation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39967/26]

309. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of the proposed geoscience Bill or any successor legislation relating to mineral exploration and mining regulation; the key legislative reforms being considered; the timeline for Government approval and publication of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40090/26]