Parliamentary questions

146. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the pilot district heating project connected to a data centre in Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70097/25]

147. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of Ireland’s progress towards meeting its carbon emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70122/25]

148. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of Ireland’s exposure to monetary fines in the event that our carbon emission reduction targets are not met in the statutory timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70123/25]

149. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of energy generated by wind, solar and other technologies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70133/25]

150. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of power generated through fossil fuels here; the breakdown of the fuels used; the percentage of Ireland's energy generated from each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70134/25]

151. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of electricity imported through the North-South electricity interconnector for each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70135/25]

152. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the celtic energy interconnector between Ireland and France; the completion date for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70136/25]

153. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if an assessment has been carried out to adjudicate the fairness of climate policies and the way in which they effect disadvantaged communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70137/25]

154. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps that have been taken to prioritise the reduction in methane emissions, as opposed to CO2; the effect such a programme would have under our emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70155/25]

155. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update regarding Ireland’s policy against the use of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70156/25]

156. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Ireland's anti-fracking policy is still in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70157/25]

157. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Government’s anti-fracking policy has lapsed; and if so, if it will be reinstated as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70158/25]

158. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of older people 65+ that benefited from energy upgrades under the warmer homes scheme over the past year. [70178/25]

159. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average time over the past six years it has taken to produce a stamped final bill in his Department from the time when his Department has received government approval for the general scheme and the heads of a bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70267/25]

160. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide a schedule of all funding and grant aid provided by heading and subhead to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath local authorities in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the amount returned and or not expended over the same period. [70303/25]

161. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the options assessed when considering targeting energy credits rather as universal measures; if options based on household income were considered for example, and how; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70346/25]

162. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason traditional fishermen have been excluded from conservation planning while international trawlers continue to overfish with impunity, despite UN FAO warnings that 35% of global marine stocks are exploited unsustainably. [70979/25]

165. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 8 July 2025, when he will bring a memorandum to Government to formally withdraw Ireland from the Energy Charter Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68877/25]

166. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if planning guidelines have been finalised in respect of the assessment of planning applications for the development of anaerobic digestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68983/25]

167. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will outline the planning guidelines in place regarding the assessment of planning applications for the development of anaerobic digesters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68991/25]

168. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in advance of a decision to approve an organisation (details supplied) as the operator of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme for farm plastics; the provisions he has made for recovery operators that collect, process and recycle farm plastics distinct to the organisation, and in compliance with…

169. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the respective number of approvals and drawdowns for the home energy upgrade scheme loan, by county, to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68553/25]

170. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades carried out under the better energy homes scheme to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68555/25]

171. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades carried out under the national home energy upgrade scheme to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68556/25]

172. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the respective number of approvals and drawdowns for the solar electricity grant, by county, to date in 2025, in tabular form; the average award under the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68557/25]