Parliamentary questions

151. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason for the delay in the publication of the 2026 climate action plan, which was initially due to be published in December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/26]

152. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress made to date on key focus areas and actions for 2025 under the Climate Action Plan 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27658/26]

153. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to make Ireland more resilient to climate change; the reason progress has been so slow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/26]

154. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on his engagement with stakeholders in relation to the current fuel and energy costs challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27680/26]

155. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total amount in unredeemed deposits under the deposit return scheme in 2025; the amount from the 2025 unredeemed deposits made available to community-based initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27075/26]

161. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he or his officials have met with the CRU in the past six weeks to discuss price gouging with regard to energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27418/26]

162. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he intends on proceeding with his plans to develop a floating LNG terminal given the recent fossil fuel crisis during which the price of LNG soared by as much as 60%; whether he will instead pivot towards rapidly scaling up our renewable generation and storage capacity to decarbonise our energy sector and p…

163. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will outline the key measures in the new Economy Strategy 2026-2028: Accelerating Action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27697/26]

164. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide the most up-to-date estimate of the total financial liability the State faces between now and 2030 for failing to meet EU greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation; if he will specify from which existing departmental budgets or capital projects these multi-billion euro…

165. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the strategy for the recycling of wind turbines in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27743/26]

166. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the works to increase capacity of the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/26]

167. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific methods and departmental protocols used to measure and verify data centre water consumption from both public and private sources across relevant catchments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27782/26]

168. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the legislative requirements or Departmental regulations that mandate data centre operators to report their water consumption from either private wells or the national supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27783/26]

169. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of operational data centres using 'dry cooling' methods; the recorded number of days annually that each such facility reverted to water-based cooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27786/26]

170. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department maintains a national database or specific inventory of the quantity of waste heat currently recovered from data centres in Ireland; if not, the specific scientific or empirical data used to inform the Large Energy User Action Plan (LEAP) published in January 2026; and if he will make a stateme…

171. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of wind farms and their installed capacity supported by the Government’s renewable electricity feed-in tariff scheme and the alternative energy requirement support scheme in each of the years from 2000 to 2025, in tabular form. [27851/26]

172. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of wind farms and their installed capacity which, having reached the end of their contracts, exited the Government’s renewable electricity feed-in-tariff scheme and the alternative energy requirement support scheme in each of the years from 2000 to 2025, in tabular form. [27852/26]

173. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to improve the schemes for retrofitting. [27855/26]

174. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken to ensure the continuity and security of electricity supply given the continued reliance on fossil fuels for more than half of electricity generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27872/26]

175. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the National Oil Reserves Agency plans to increase stock levels within Ireland’s strategic oil reserves in the event of a worsening international energy crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27873/26]

176. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he remains committed to the provisions of the Climate Acts given recent attempts by the Government to have the Acts disapplied across numerous Government Bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27881/26]

177. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for the publication of the Climate Action Plan 2026; how he intends to close the emissions gap arising from the exceedance of the first Carbon Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27882/26]

178. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his response to the recent Supreme Court judgement on the Coolglass Wind Farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27883/26]

159. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has assessed the economic and social impact of continued renewable energy wastage, including the estimated value of lost clean energy and the associated opportunity cost for households in energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27530/26]

160. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current strategies being implemented to reduce single use plastic consumption; and to outline any new initiatives planned for the next fiscal year. [27368/26]