Parliamentary questions

129. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps his Department are taking to alleviate household fears of ongoing price hikes in fuel prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20258/26]

130. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider amending section 61 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 to require that all licensed discharge points, under both section 4 authorisations and EPA industrial and emissions licences, be equipped with standard 24/7 remote water-quality monitoring devices, installed above, at and b…

131. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide details of the fuel reserves held by Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20442/26]

132. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households that have availed of the solar PV for the medically vulnerable scheme for each of the years it has been in operation; the amount of funding that has been used to deliver solar panel installations as part of the solar PV for the medically vulnerable scheme for each of the years it has been i…

133. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether households are still required to have been registered on the life support category of the priority services register maintained by ESB Networks as of the 22 November 2022, to qualify for the solar PV for the medically vulnerable scheme (details supplied); if yes, whether his Department has considered changi…

134. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if assistance will be provided under the SEAI solar PV for the medically vulnerable scheme to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20496/26]

135. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding Ireland's draft Social Climate Plan; when the draft plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/26]

136. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the second consultation process for Ireland's draft Social Climate Plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/26]

137. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20531/26]

138. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the up-to-date position in relation to the extended producer scheme dealing with waste management (tyres and waste tyres regulation) 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20576/26]

139. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by him and all members of his staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20602/26]

140. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all Junior Ministers in his Department and their members of staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20620/26]

141. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid. [20639/26]

142. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by him, the Junior Ministers in his Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if he has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20657/26]

143. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he would consider expanding the membership of the Biomethane Implementation Group, which has been established to oversee implementation of the National Biomethane Strategy and delivery of the 25 key strategic actions to ensure the necessary infrastructure and supports are in place to aid development of an indige…

144. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department did not publish, on 24 February 2026, the full submission received from the Lough Corrib Pike Research & Control Group for the public consultation on the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 & Conservation Measures for the 2026 Season, give…

145. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department has not provided any grants or financial aid to the Federation of Irish Salmon and Sea Trout Anglers (FISSTA) through the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI)/Angling Advisory Group (AAG) since April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20712/26]

146. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason a probability threshold of 85% was initially chosen as a datum governing Lough Corrib SAC for the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 & Conservation Measures for the 2026 Season given that a baseline of 75% has been a core scientific standard since 2007; and…

147. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will publish a specific timetable for the development of a management plan for the Great Western Lakes, particularly Lough Corrib in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20715/26]

148. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his departmental officials continue to legislatively conserve invasive/non-native roach (Rutilus rutilus) under the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-law (No. 806) 2006 in Lough Melvin SAC considering their continued population growth as referenced in an Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI)…

149. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his departmental officials will continue to legislatively conserve invasive/non-native pike (Esox lucius) under the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 in Aughrusbeg Lough SAC, Connemara, County Galway considering their recent anthropogenic introduction as referenced in an Inland Fisheries Ireland (IF…

150. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill; to provide a timeline for its progression through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and an estimated timeline for publication. [20758/26]

151. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proposals to issue exploration licences in respect of potential energy reserves in Irish territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20952/26]

269. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his Department during the course of the upcoming EU Presidency term; the terms under which such staff will be engaged; the number of staff his Department plans to hire; the measures planned to guar…

10. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 24 February 2026, for a breakdown of the funding provided under the anti-dumping initiative, by local authority, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/26]