Parliamentary questions

11. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the SEAI does not consider the bereaved partner’s (contributory) pension a qualifying welfare payment for the warmer homes scheme; his views that this excludes many single people from eligibility for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17397/26]

12. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the full list of the 500 or so capital projects to be delivered as part of the €18.9bn investment in the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17467/26]

13. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the EU's Waste Framework Directive dealing with textile recycling come fully into effect in Ireland; and the actions which will flow from it. [17717/26]

14. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether each city and county council, under the EU's Waste Framework Directive, as it pertains to textile recycling, will have to ensure all successful tenderers will be required to sort all textiles before sending them onwards for resale, reuse, repurposing or waste; when all councils will be required to have …

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the grants which will be available under the rollout of the EU's Waste Framework Directive as it pertains to textile recycling to accelerate and carry out the huge task of improving Ireland's poor textile recycling rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/26]

235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the disbursement for monies granted to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16175/26]

236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department provided grants or financial aid to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16176/26]

237. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the legislative or scientific measures are in place to protect vulnerable and genetically distinct Atlantic salmon populations in rivers that are not assessed by the Technical Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS), in particular the Owenriff (Barna) River system No. 140, situated in the Galway Fishery District No. 9(1)…

238. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department is considering closing the Owenriff (Barna) River system No. 140, situated in the Galway Fishery District No. 9(1), to all rod and line angling under future legislation considering that it has a small and unprotected population of Atlantic salmon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

239. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of Departmental principal officers who were representing his Inland Fisheries Section or managing Inland Fisheries policy in general through June 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16180/26]

240. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the scientific reasons his advisors changed the probability threshold from 85% (catch and release) to 75% (surplus) for Lough Corrib SAC Atlantic salmon stocks under the proposed Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026; if this change aligns with the ‘precautionary principle’ that i…

241. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the 2025 Programme for Government commitment to protect and recognise the Great Western Lakes including Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway as salmonid waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16182/26]

242. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures the SEAI is taking to include works to old stone houses, many without foundations, under the warmer homes scheme given many are being refused any or most works due to structural issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/26]

243. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to examine correspondence (details supplied) in relation to proposed amendments to the wild salmon and sea trout tagging scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16284/26]

244. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to grou…

245. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16563/26]

246. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm, in respect of his Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded and validated…

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the United Nations special rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment sought to visit a location (details supplied), but was refused access by the company; if his Department will engage with the company, or the special rapporteur re…

248. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure; Infrastructure; Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on progressing the River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16826/26]

249. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of the serious local concern about the proposal from IFI to replace a well-regulated catch-and-release fishery with a full closure of the River Boyne under the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Regulations for 2026; if he will seek clarification from the IFI on the evidence supporting full closure r…

250. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will address concerns regarding the non-medicinal use of Nitrous Oxide (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17121/26]

225. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has engaged with local authorities on the use of CCTV, drones and other technologies to catch those engaged in illegal dumping; the supports he has put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16082/26]

226. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the basis on which the renewable heating obligation rates of 1.5% and 3% were determined; and whether these levels will result in additional renewable fuel deployment beyond current market activity. [15722/26]

227. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has assessed the risk that fuel suppliers may opt to use buy-out provisions rather than invest in renewable fuel blending infrastructure under the proposed obligation rates; and the implications this would have for emissions reductions. [15723/26]

228. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated emissions reductions expected from the renewable heating obligation in each of the first five years. [15724/26]