Parliamentary questions

477. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has reviewed the CCPC comprehensive study on the household waste collection market and the recommendations of that review; if he will publish that review; the reason the recommendations of the comprehensive study have not been implemented despite the Ministerial request for the study from his De…

478. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Minister the way in which he plans to address the anomaly in locations, including Dublin Airport, where recycling cans and plastics under the deposit return scheme is not that practical or even possible; the reason consumers should have to pay the levy in these circumstances; and what happens to the excess unreturne…

479. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the State derived from returned plastic bottles and cans in 2025 (details supplied); where this excess of money goes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25904/26]

480. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 18 March 2026, and noting that no notifying authority has yet been designated in the state under regulation (EU) 2023/1542, whether any battery energy storage systems (BESS) approved or deployed in the State since 18 August 2024 contain batteries that have undergone confo…

481. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an offence to receive a fine upon summary conviction, the associated maximum amount and duration of any related potential imprisonment term; provision for a person convicted on in…

482. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the maximum enforcement penalties that may be levied by Inland Fisheries Ireland; if he has plans to reform same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25966/26]

483. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when his Department first began work on modernising and/or consolidating legislation relating to Inland Fisheries; the work that has been completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25967/26]

484. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which the warmer homes scheme is funded, showing percentage funded by carbon tax, EU funding and so on [26115/26]

485. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of non-governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by his Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds fr…

486. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the funding provided for domestic solar photovoltaic systems in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/26]

487. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of the pilot on solar PV as part of the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26202/26]

488. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department can calculate the cost of providing an amnesty or write off to the 320,000 people in arrears on their energy bills. [26204/26]

489. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department is taking to protect local coastal communities and their seaweed harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26205/26]

490. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to address the risks to grid stability from data centre behaviour as identified by EirGrid (details supplied); if he will ask the CRU to introduce new protocols that require data centres to remain connected to the grid during millisecond long faults that arise on the system. [26206/26]

491. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he has introduced to support households from the surging price of home heating oil; the steps he is taking to shield households from the anticipated price rise in gas and electricity if a prolonged conflict takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26207/26]

492. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts act 2024, which accounts he has requested data on; to provide a breakdown of the dates on which he requested the data for each type of account listed in article 2(3)(dt; the figures which were received for each type of account br…

493. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts act 2024; if he has not requested data for each type of account listed to outline his reasoning; if he plans to request this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26209/26]

494. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Act 2024, to provide updated figures for each type of account listed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26210/26]

495. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire will be considered an 'islanded data' centre; and if it will be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland's Enterprise Strategy position that islanded data centres 'would not be in line with nati…

496. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires must not divert scarce renewable energy capacity away from uses that are central to the public interest particularly household electrification, industrial decarbonisation, public services and transport; and i…

497. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not divert scarce renewable energy capacity away from uses that are central to the public interest particularly household electrification, industrial decarbonisation, public services and transport; and if …

498. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires are consistent with climate law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26214/26]

499. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that there is a clearer boundary around what kinds of energy sources private wires are intended to facilitate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26215/26]

500. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that fairness to ordinary householders and other network users become a central design as part of the regime; the steps he will take to ensure that any user that continues to rely on the public grid even intermittently maintai…

501. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not result in even more inefficient utilisation of grid connections as private wires projects will maintain access to the public grid; the way in which he will address the opportunity costs that this plac…