Parliamentary questions

182. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there is a mechanism to get data on the number bottles and cans that enter circulation each year but are not returned; if so, to provide this data for every year since the scheme was introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58654/25]

183. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are plans to nationalise the management of the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58655/25]

184. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he would consider updating the Litter Pollution Act 1997 so as to increase the current fines structure of an on-the-spot fine of €150 or a maximum fine of €3,000 in court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58656/25]

185. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households in County Kildare that availed of the SEAI home energy upgrade grants from 2022 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58697/25]

186. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will clarify the details regarding the unclaimed deposits of €66 million from the deposit return scheme (DRS,) to confirm if this money will be ringfenced; and the purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58732/25]

187. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether any portion of the €3.5 billion grid investment will be directed towards reinforcement or capacity upgrades that would enable new large-scale energy users, including data centres, to connect to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58742/25]

188. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of Ireland’s forthcoming EU presidency and the Government’s recent briefing to cabinet on visiting EU and non-EU heads of state, if he will provide the planned regional infrastructure investments linked to the presidency year (including in Cork), by county; the details of the way in which these investments w…

189. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reasons for the inaction in publishing the Western Lakes Management Plan, considering that the plan has been proposed since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58950/25]

190. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when he will fulfil the fundamental obligation in the 2025 Programme for Government vis-à-vis the recognition of the great western lakes, including Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway, as salmonid waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58951/25]

191. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department attempted to take legislative control of stock management/invasive pike culls on the great western lakes during 2021, which is an operational matter for Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58952/25]

192. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if it is the long term plan of his Departmental officials to introduce a national rod licence dressed up as mandatory angler registration charge for freshwater recreational angling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58953/25]

193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Departments plans to describe an organisation (details supplied) as a consultative body on recreational and competitive angling in future primary legislation or amendments to existing primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58954/25]

194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials will grant an organisation (details supplied) the right to appoint a representative to the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland in future primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58955/25]

195. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials will appoint an organisation (details supplied) as sole administrators for any future national recreational angling fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58956/25]

196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the current economic based multi-species recreational freshwater angling model is consistent with Ireland’s legal obligations under the EU Habitats and Water Framework Directives plus the EU Nature Restoration Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58957/25]

197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of meetings of the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI)/Angling Advisory Group (AAG) convened since September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58959/25]

198. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the levy on disposable cups, as provided for in the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, will be introduced; the reasons for the delay in its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59005/25]

199. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the supports available for small businesses in Mallow and surrounding areas to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59020/25]

200. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the means by which his Department will support community-led renewable energy cooperatives over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59023/25]

201. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the Government’s Just Transition Plan for workers affected by the move away from fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59024/25]

202. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider additional funding for community energy projects led by local co-operatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59026/25]

203. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of the recent figures showing that 1.2milliontonnes, 42percent, of municipal waste is being exported, and that Ireland is at risk of missing its 2025 recycling targets, if he will provide a breakdown of waste exports in 2024 and to date in 2025, by county, including the volume from CorkCity and CorkCounty; t…

204. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the action his Department is taking to implement the EU Energy Efficiency Directive; his views on whether the targets will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59254/25]

205. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the plans he has in place to encourage more tradespeople to register with SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59264/25]

206. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of tradespeople registered with SEAI, per county; his views on the reasons for such a low uptake of registration, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59265/25]