Parliamentary questions

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the extension of the solar PV scheme in October 2025. [50090/26]

96. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the re-examination of cigarette litter referred to in Dáil Éireann on 10 June 2026 will formally evaluate existing Irish citizen generated environmental evidence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50130/26]

97. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he is aware that a domain (details supplied) to which his Department's published material refers the public, is no longer operational and that the domain is currently offered for sale by a third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50136/26]

98. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when his Department became aware that a domain (details supplied) was no longer operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50137/26]

99. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment who was responsible for maintaining a domain (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50138/26]

100. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason a domain (details supplied) was allowed to lapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/26]

101. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the public data, reports, photographs or guidance that were lost when a domain (details supplied) ceased to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50140/26]

102. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps being taken to restore public access to the data previously available at a domain (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50141/26]

103. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the full operating methodology of the national litter pollution monitoring system will be published, including the sampling frame, the GIS site selection methodology, the calculation of the Litter Pollution Index, the quality assurance and audit protocol, and all changes to the methodology since 1999;…

104. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total annual cost of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System since 2015, including the Litter Monitoring Body contract value, Departmental administration, software and GIS costs, and the estimated cost of local authority staff time in conducting, submitting and validating the surveys required annu…

105. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the underlying survey level data of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System is published as open data in machine readable form, including GPS data, timestamp, survey type, litter pollution index score, litter categories, causative factors and audit status; and if he will make a statement on th…

106. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether any interactive map of the survey locations or results of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System is publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50145/26]

107. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System records the brands or producers of littered items; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50146/26]

108. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether members of the public, TidyTowns groups, schools or citizen science platforms are permitted to contribute evidence to the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System; if not, the reason citizens are not able to contribute to a publicly funded environmental monitoring system; and if he will make a stat…

109. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the technologies, university research partnerships or citizen participation his Department or the Litter Monitoring Body has invited or evaluated since 2015 to broaden or modernise data collection under the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50148/26]

110. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department has taken since 2015 to support innovation in citizen science, open data or public participation in environmental monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50149/26]

111. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department, or any agency, body, programme, contractor or public funder under his remit, has ever formally evaluated, procured, funded, integrated or corresponded with a platform (details supplied) or its citizen generated litter data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50150/26]

117. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to protect traditional seaweed harvesting rights and folio rights; if he is aware of the concerns around commercial harvesting; the steps he is taking to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49354/26]

118. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to protect traditional seaweed harvesting rights and folio rights in Kerry specifically; if he is aware of the concerns around commercial harvesting in Kerry specifically; the steps he is taking to address these concerns in Kerry specifically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [493…

119. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to district heating in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; to provide a detailed breakdown of the specific projects this funding was allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48823/26]

120. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of all district heating projects that have been awarded funding through the Governments Climate Action Fund; the funding provided to each project in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [48824/26]

121. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of all district heating projects that have been awarded funding through the EU grant funding; and the funding provided to each project in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [48825/26]

122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of all district heating projects that have been awarded funding from a local authority; and the funding provided to each project in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [48826/26]

123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the modelling he has completed regarding the cost and or savings of his programmes and policies as they relate to ESR compliance. [48830/26]

124. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has requested the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) to review the widening disparity between import and export of electricity prices; and if not, whether he will instruct the CRU to examine whether current supplier practices are consistent with consumer protection objectives; and if he will make a …