Parliamentary questions

140. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the European Parliament and Council recent agreement on new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles in EU member states and the next steps Ireland will take to work towards the goals of reducing food and textile waste. [10590/25]

141. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to include an area (details supplied) in the intervention (amber) area for fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10651/25]

142. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 11 June 2024, if he will report on matters previously raised (details supplied). [10854/25]

143. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications about the reports of the climate action delivery board; where can these reports be accessed; when he expects the next update to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/25]

144. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected total capital cost of the strategic gas reserve; the estimated annual operating cost; to outline the future mechanism for recouping the costs of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10928/25]

145. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected annual additional cost on a domestic natural gas bill to fund the provision of a strategic gas reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10929/25]

146. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has been provided with estimates of the amount by which the standing charge for a domestic natural gas bill will increase in order to fund the provision of a strategic gas reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10930/25]

147. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total volume of natural gas used in Ireland in each year since 2016, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the volume used for electricity generation, household and business use; the projected volume requirement for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10931/…

148. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated additional volume requirement of natural gas for electricity generation and data centres for each of the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/25]

149. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will identify the location for a floating strategic gas reserve; the agency that will be responsible for securing planning permission and operating the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/25]

150. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the conditions he intends to apply to the source of the natural gas stored in any strategic gas reserve; if it will be filled from the existing network through the interconnector or use an LNG carrier to refuel/refill the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/25]

151. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the strategic emergency gas reserve; the number of jobs this asset will produce; the length of time he anticipates it will be in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11042/25]

152. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how the estimated cost of €60 million per year for the strategic emergency gas reserve has been calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11043/25]

153. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered funding the strategic emergency gas reserve directly through the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11044/25]

154. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he is taking to ensure that the strategic emergency gas reserve is for emergency use only, that it is temporary, that it does not increase gas demand, that it is cost effective, and that it is aligned with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 as outlined in the energy security revi…

155. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his engagements with the Commission for Communications Regulation regarding the use of inflation-linked mid-contract price rises by phone and broadband companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11074/25]

156. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding the use of inflation-linked mid-contract price rises by phone and broadband companies; whether this represents a fair practice towards consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11075/25]

157. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11082/25]

158. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are any changes to the better energy warmer homes scheme carried out by SEAI following the signing of the European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 749/2024) in December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11129/25]

159. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if fossil fuel boilers can still be installed through the better energy warmer homes schemes based on the recommendation of an assigned contractor following the signing of the European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 749/2024) in December 2024; and if he will make a stat…

160. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to clarify the use of the term State-led in relation to State control and the control that corporate investors such as a company (details supplied) would have in the operation of Shannon LNG fracked gas import terminal; and if, under EU competition laws, Ireland can have a terminal that is State-led and…

161. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is proposing investment in new fossil fuel infrastructure when the greenhouse gas emissions from a fracked gas import terminal would be more detrimental than the emissions from Moneypoint. [11164/25]

162. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to report on the work concerning the energy security review that was ongoing at the end of the last Government’s term; if the new Government opted to halt this work; if so, if he will clarify his reasoning for doing so; the conclusions that were drawn; if a report will be published; and if he will make a stateme…

163. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to specify the work his Department commissioned an organisation (details supplied) to undertake on energy security; to report on the work that was carried out in 2024 following the conclusion of Gas Networks Ireland’s process; if the conclusions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […

164. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to report on the findings of Gas Networks Ireland following the publication of the 2023 energy security review; when these findings will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/25]