Parliamentary questions

266. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the decision-making process and rationale behind his Department’s decision not to facilitate party overflow badges for Irish civil society to attend SB62, and whether any consideration was given to how this exclusion aligns with Ireland’s commitments under the Aarhus Convention, and in compar…

267. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to repeated instances of dumping and fires on lands (details supplied); the measures the Department can take to support Fingal County Council and An Garda Síochána to address and prevent this ongoing problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28492/25]

268. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the timeline for the National Cyber Security Bill; the Oireachtas Committee that will have responsibly for finishing pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28540/25]

269. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has carried out any research on the potential use of nuclear energy to meet Ireland's future energy needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28778/25]

270. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or his Department has regard to infrastructural capacity issues with respect to reaching targets and milestones for the management of all types of household waste laid down in the National Waste Management Plan for the Circular Economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28834/25]

271. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if additional specific measures will be introduced to deal with the increasing evidence of littering throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28860/25]

272. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the level of funding available this year to upgrade and/or develop new angling facilities on our lakes and rivers; the funding available to each region in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28861/25]

12. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the full-year cost to employ a FTE climate action officer employed in a local authority, by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28264/25]

13. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to employ climate action officers in local authorities in each of the years 2020 and 2025 to date in tabular form broken down by local authority and the total cost overall. [28272/25]

14. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to estimate the cost of including properties with HAP tenancies in the SEAI warmer homes scheme. [28274/25]

15. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade working in MARA and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [28275/25]

16. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost of doubling the number of staff in MARA with expertise in climate action and biodiversity expertise for example ecologists, marine biologists and ornithologists. [28276/25]

17. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the first and full year cost to establish MARA, and the first and full year cost to double staff at MARA. [28278/25]

18. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of FTE and PTE staff at MARA at each staffing level; the cost to hire an additional staff member at each staffing level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28279/25]

19. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans in place to tackle the huge amount of litter and environmental damage caused by the practice of tossing cigarette butts given that these account for 50% of visible litter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27789/25]

20. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any research has been carried out as to whether increased fines would help pay for additional litter wardens to deal with litter and illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27790/25]

21. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his Department has applied for, or will apply for, EU social climate funding before the June 2025 deadline; the project/’s for which funding has or is being applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27835/25]

22. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the preparation, including public consultation, for a new Social Climate Plan for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27836/25]

23. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a public consultation is planned in 2025 on the preparation of a new National Cyber Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27837/25]

24. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the drafting of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024; if pre-legislative scrutiny is planned in relation to the general scheme already published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27838/25]

25. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 29 April 2025, if he has received a formal Ministerial consent request in relation to the sale of Bord na Móna Recycling Limited to an Irish recycling provider (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28031/25]

26. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the capital funding for the better energy warmer homes scheme by 50%. [28137/25]

27. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of achieving a B2 BER cost optimum standard in the better energy warmer homes scheme, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28138/25]

28. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of achieving a B2 BER cost optimum standard in the better energy community grant scheme, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28139/25]

29. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar pv budget over a five year period with a 50% increase per annum, by years one to five. [28140/25]