Parliamentary questions

364. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which he or she is responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75…

365. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount expended on advertising and promotion by his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75208/25]

366. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of press, media or communications staff currently employed in his Department and within each agency for which he is responsible; the cost of these staff for 2025 and the expected cost for 2026; whether there are proposals to increase the number of such staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

367. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost to his Department and each agency for which they are responsible arising from Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; the line items or events for which a cost is expected to arise and the estimated cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75244/25]

368. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the priorities of his Department and each agency for which they are responsible for, in respect of Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75262/25]

369. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if under the SEAI warmer homes scheme, properties built with cavity block cannot be considered for external house wrap to improve insulation; if any properties that have cavity block have been wrapped to date under the scheme; and, if so, the reason for their inclusion in the scheme. [1171/26]

370. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on SEAI’s business energy upgrade scheme; and the breakdown of grants awarded broken down by size of grant awarded, the size of the business that received the award, and by the county in which the business is located, in each of the years since the schemes inception, in tabular form. [1223/26]

371. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of funding the State received from the European just transition fund in 2025; and the sectors that have received funding from this fund during 2025, in tabular form. [1266/26]

372. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the new grants to homeowners to break up retrofitting costs; when these grants will be made available; if they will be tiered based on income; the way in which he will ensure that those on medium to lower incomes can access these grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1284/26]

373. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the new grants he is making available to people in energy arrears; when these grants will become available; the value of the award to be provided; the criteria upon which an application for a grant is assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1285/26]

374. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to react to the Climate Change Advisory Council's criticisms of the sectoral adaptation plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1316/26]

375. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the carbon budget process; if an independent peer review will take place as recommended by the Oireachtas committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1364/26]

376. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the engagements he has had with Eirgrid and ESB regarding housing connections; the number of new homes that will be connected to the grid in 2026; if he anticipates any capacity constraints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1378/26]

377. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current waiting times for ESB connections to homes; the number of homes currently on the waiting list in each county waiting for a connection, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1481/26]

378. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of increased charges for household waste services issued by a provider (details supplied); if he is aware the increase has been attributed in part to new pension costs; if cost increases can be issued to customers for this reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1561/26]

379. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to ensure that red brick houses are more energy efficient and to ensure they are covered by the SEAI scheme. [1601/26]

380. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates upon which he received arrears data, in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1611/26]

381. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the most recent arrears data he has received from the CRU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1612/26]

382. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which he and-or his officials met with representatives from the deposit return scheme; if the value of unreturned deposits was disclosed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1649/26]

383. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there is a requirement for the body in charge of operating the deposit return scheme to regularly report the value and level of unreturned deposits; the frequency and the dates upon which he received it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1650/26]

384. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the regulation that exists for the allocation of not returned deposits as part of the deposit return scheme; if there are rules which mandate how this money can be spent and how long a deposit must be retained before it is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1651/26]

385. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the date on which a Supplementary Estimate or Supplementary Estimates were sought in respect of his Department’s Vote for each of the past ten years, and to date in 2026; the gross and net amount involved in each case; and the Vote subheads to which each Supplementary Estimate related. [1787/26]

386. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the value of expenditure originally allocated in the Estimates to specific programmes or staffing measures that could not be spent as planned within the year for each of the past five years; and whether such underspends were surrendered, carried forward or reallocated to other areas within the Vote. [1808/26]

387. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the pccupied territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1975/26]

388. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department, or any body under its aegis, has funded, or is funding, other than where legal costs were awarded against the employer by a court or tribunal, the legal costs of any current or concluded litigation taken by an employee or former employee against that Department or body, in each of the past f…