Parliamentary questions

318. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation or project; what was achieved and the stated outcomes from the funding provided in each case; the plans his Department h…

319. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the introduction of a levy on disposable coffee cups within the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12608/26]

320. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide figures on the uptake of the home energy upgrade loan scheme since it was rolled out in 2024, broken down by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12633/26]

321. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide updated figures on the installation of solar panels in homes, new and retrofitted, with a year-by-year breakdown since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12635/26]

322. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to consider postponing licenses being granted for industrial scale harvesting of wild seaweed along the Irish cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12661/26]

323. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to consider the creation of a national seaweed policy which prioritises ecosystem health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12662/26]

324. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost to apply an electricity credit for three consecutive months for €50, €75, €100, €150 and €200 per month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12663/26]

325. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of retrofitting loans granted in each of the months since the schemes inception, broken down by county, and by average loan value, in tabular form. [12691/26]

326. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reforms or changes that have been made to the Environmental Protection Agency on foot of the recommendations contained within the OECD’s review of the EPA in 2020, ‘Driving Performance at Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency’; the measures outstanding; if he plans any statutory changes or reforms; and if h…

327. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of the recommendations from the 2011 Review of the EPA that have not been implemented; and to outline in each case the reasons for not progressing that reform, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12782/26]

328. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the accountability mechanisms for ensuring actions are delivered under the EPA’s Performance Delivery Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12783/26]

329. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when a new strategic plan will be prepared and published by the EPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12784/26]

330. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will approve a pension increase for retired workers of EirGrid without delay. [13582/26]

222. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total amount spent on a campaign (details supplied). [11209/26]

223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the €3,304,830.32 spent to date on advertising by the Department of Climate; Energy and the Environment on the 'Reduce your Use' campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11210/26]

224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish origin. [11176/26]

225. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the total amount spent for a media campaign (details supplied). [11219/26]

226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has evaluated the potential to enact legislation which would divert surplus renewable energy that would otherwise be wasted to homes at risk of energy poverty; if he has met with a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11220/26]

227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the €3,304,830.32 spent to date on advertising by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment on the 'Reduce your Use' campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/26]

228. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications companies or consultants in 2025 and the expected costs for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11346/26]

229. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has examined regulatory or legislative measures governing the retail sale of aerosol spray paints, including age-restriction or point-of-sale controls, as an environmental protection, waste-reduction, or anti-vandalism measure; whether comparative analysis of other jurisdictions has been under…

230. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total annual electricity generation from wind energy, in megawatt-hours or gigawatt-hours, attributable to each county in the State for each of the past five years, the data source used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11534/26]

231. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of operational wind turbines in each county in the State, by county for each of the past five years, and the total land area of each county in square kilometres, including the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11535/26]

232. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the methodology used to attribute wind energy generation to individual counties, including the way in which generation is assigned where wind farms span more than one local authority area or where output is reported at regional or national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11536/26]

233. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of commercially operated solar photovoltaic installations in each county in the State, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11537/26]