151. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR); and a timeline for its implementation here. [66328/26]
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129. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position taken by Ireland in European Council negotiations on the proposed suspension of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 concerning extended producer responsibility authorised representatives (file 2025/0395(COD)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61092/26]
130. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the existing major producer thresholds of €1 million annual turnover and 10 tonnes of packaging placed on the market continue to apply following the application of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 from 12 August 2026; whether micro-enterprises below those thresholds are now required to register as producers under Article 44 of that Regulati…
152. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has carried out an assessment of the impact of the authorised representative requirements under Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Irish micro and small enterprises trading cross-border within the European Union; if so, if he will publish that assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6156…
153. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position taken by Ireland at the Council of the European Union on 24 June 2026 in respect of the proposed suspension of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 contained in COM(2025) 982; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61568/26]
154. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the body which will operate the register of producers required under Regulation (EU) 2025/40; the date on which that register will open for registration; the fee structure proposed for producers placing less than ten tonnes of packaging on the Irish market annually; whether the simplified reporting dataset provided for under that Reg…
165. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position taken by Ireland in Council negotiations on the proposed suspension of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 concerning extended producer responsibility authorised representatives (file 2025/0395(COD)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62115/26]
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the existing "major producer" thresholds of €1 million annual turnover and 10 tonnes of packaging placed on the market continue to apply following the application of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 from 12 August 2026; whether micro-enterprises below those thresholds are now required to register as producers under Article 44 of that Re…
288. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide details on all open EU infringement proceedings where the subject of the infringement relates to the functions of his Department; the reason the infringement proceedings were initiated; the procedural stage of the infringement proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30262/26]
452. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the outcome of the EU Commission's assessment of Ireland's derogation notification to be exempted from the obligation on regulated entities to surrender ETS II allowances for the years 2027-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25358/26]
464. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which his Department plans to utilise the EU Union Database for Biofuels to ensure full traceability and sustainability verification for renewable liquid fuels used for home heating. [25426/26]
480. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 18 March 2026, and noting that no notifying authority has yet been designated in the state under regulation (EU) 2023/1542, whether any battery energy storage systems (BESS) approved or deployed in the State since 18 August 2024 contain batteries that have undergone conformity assessment und…
70. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the EU-wide digital recreational fisheries reporting system, RecFishing, which was launched on 9 January 2026, pursuant to the revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation, will be rolled out in Ireland; and whether it will be compulsory for all recreational anglers in Ireland to register and record their catches using the asso…
79. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a notifying authority has been designated for Ireland as required under the EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542; if a body will be designated in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18715/26]
278. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position Ireland has taken in EU discussions regarding the European Commission’s proposal to impose a daily limit of three pollock per angler on the charter boat and recreational sea angling sector; if his Department has carried out any socio-economic assessment of the impact this measure would have on coastal tourism and charter…
310. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline progress with respect to the implementation of the EU Methane Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/26]
14. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the recreational fisheries which will be subject to fishing authorisations and catch declarations in the future as per Article 55.4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55541/25]
22. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Article 55 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 affects recreational inland fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55552/25]
15. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a report on the meeting of EU environment Ministers (council) held on 17 June 2025; to outline Ireland’s position on the agenda item: ‘the proposed ban on lead in ammunition and fishing tackle under the reach regulation - information from Czechia, Lithuania and Slovakia’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36349/…