Parliamentary questions

427. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if he will clarify whether his Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the company …

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]

429. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department issued any Section 14 Authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for the stocking of invasive/non-native rainbow trout into Lough na Boley (Inagh Valley) in Co. Galway, (part of the Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex Special Area of Conservation) in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make …

430. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department views Lough Sheelin in Counties Westmeath, Meath and Cavan as part of the Great Western Trout Lakes grouping considering its geographic location and ownership, in addition to the abundance of invasive/non-native fish such as pike, roach and perch present in the lake; and if he will make…

431. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the plans in 2026, to introduce mandatory catch and release angling for all brown trout on Lough Arrow SAC considering the limited brown trout spawning capacity of the lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24579/26]

432. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway will be exempt from the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 under considered legislative changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24580/26]

433. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he can avouch that traditional and culturally significant angling methods such as dapping and brickeen/bricín trolling will be prohibited on Lough Corrib SAC under the prospective Western Lakes Management Plan (WLMP) is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24581/26]

434. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the proposed 2026 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations & Conservation Measures will be signed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24582/26]

435. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to significantly reduce the cost of home heating oil, the cost has almost doubled during the past few weeks and many households are under enormous financial pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24606/26]

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]

437. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether there are plans for his Department to mandate data centres which have being constructed or received planning permission before the implementation of the CRU LEU Connection Policy to meet the standards set out in that Connection Policy;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24831/26]

438. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps his Department is taking to support vulnerable groups when they wish to access solar PV schemes for medically vulnerable customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24983/26]

439. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total number of appeals received under the Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24991/26]

440. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy or digital skills in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25028/26]

441. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated impact of the proposed Private Wires Bill 2025 on electricity tariffs for domestic consumers and small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25119/26]

442. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm that the Private Wires Bill 2025 will not lead to any form of privatisation of the national electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25120/26]

443. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he will put in place to ensure that users of private wires contribute fairly to the fixed costs of the public electricity network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25121/26]

444. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the projected reduction in renewable energy curtailment as a result of the Private Wires Bill 2025 and the corresponding estimated savings to electricity consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/26]

445. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Private Wires Bill 2025 is designed primarily to benefit large energy users such as data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25123/26]

446. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the full list of stakeholders consulted in the development of the general scheme of the Private Wires Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25124/26]

447. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the provisions in the Private Wires Bill 2025 for private lines for on-street electric vehicle charging and any associated costs to local authorities or the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25125/26]

448. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will address the need for urgent additional funding for Bord na Móna bog rewetting and walkway projects to protect employment under the PCAS Programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25196/26]

449. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of drinking water used by data centres in Ireland annually; whether his Department has conducted research to project the water usage of data centres into the future; and if his Department has conducted, or is conducting, research on the sustainability of data centres water usage. [25230/26]

450. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the environmental legal costs scheme. [25271/26]

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]