19. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on offshore renewable energy; if there are plans to development more than 900 MW currently planned; if there is sufficient grid capacity to facilitate additional developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17708/25]
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21. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on floating offshore wind; if he plans to progress any pilot projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17710/25]
22. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures his Department is taking to ensure that there is sufficient land zoned for renewable energy to meet Ireland’s 2030 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17711/25]
256. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the transition to renewable heat; if he has considered measures to increase the use of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17514/25]
258. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the implementation of the national biomethane strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17523/25]
177. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details on the amount of renewable gas purchased by State agencies in each of the last five years, including the percentage of renewable gas in relation to their total gas consumption, and to outline any plans to increase the use of renewable gas in state agencies. [16448/25]
195. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a progress report on the consultation on community benefit funds under the renewable energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13476/25]
192. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the number solar PV provided in each of the years from 2020 to date in each of the SEAI’s solar PV schemes, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10411/25]
7. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the solar PV for the medically vulnerable scheme; if he intends to continue this scheme to benefit new households on the medical priority register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10066/25]
207. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount that has been paid out to companies engaged by the SEAI to conduct feasibility studies for enabling grant funds to be allocated to community groups trying to get renewable energy generation projects off the ground in each year since the enabling grant was introduced. [9095/25]
83. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national biomethane strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6797/25]
140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a breakdown of the funding provided for community solar photovoltaic systems in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/25]
18. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the community renewable energy projects that have been energised; the proportion of projects that secured a contract at auction that have been energised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6657/25]
20. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the next renewable electricity support scheme and offshore renewable electricity support scheme auctions will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6659/25]
81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a fixed price for a feed-in tariff for biomethane. [3976/25]
82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will introduce an Irish-produced biomethane quota for gas supply companies in Ireland. [3977/25]
83. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications given the recent storms and the wipeout of electricity supply, if he will ensure that biomass is included up to 50% in the proposed RHO scheme. [3978/25]
84. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to allow for farmers and other businesses to reapply for extra grants for solar panels for shed roofs; and the reason there is a limit to the number of grants for roof solar power for farmers and businesses. [3980/25]
103. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps being taken to develop offshore renewable energy and green hydrogen potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3595/25]
101. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the progress on meeting Ireland’s planned target of 80% of energy being generated by renewable sources by 2030; the barriers he sees to meeting that target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1712/25]
103. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if solar farm developers receive grants or subsidies to develop solar farms; if the electricity they generate on solar farms is subsidised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1716/25]
109. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to increase provision of solar farming in otherwise unusable open space like airports and motorway verges and central reservations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2006/25]
110. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will commit to a programme of installation of solar panels on all public buildings including schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2007/25]