Parliamentary questions

190. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in Clare having had work completed under the warmer homes scheme; and the breakdown of the average cost per home or data on the type of work carried out.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/25]

191. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in Clare at each of the stages as described in scheme guidelines (details supplied). [11634/25]

192. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in Clare that have applied for the warmer homes scheme since its inception, and in each of the years 2022 to 2024,in tabular form; to outline, of these homes considered ineligible, whether there is a breakdown of the reasons for this; and the measures the Sustainable Energy Authority…

193. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average time it is taking for the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority to assess and validate maritime area consent applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11636/25]

194. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a copy of the authorisation given to An Post on 26 May 1989 to award increases in pensions to retired staff; the legislative provision for the delegation; the reason the delegation was withdrawn in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11653/25]

195. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 4 March 2025, for a timeline on the expected start of the building process for full-fibre gigabit within the premises area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11678/25]

196. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to review the case of a company (details supplied); for an update on the provision of an Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11682/25]

197. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses;and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be incl…

198. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11785/25]

199. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide financial support and utilise the objectives of Sustainable Killarney 2030 as a pilot scheme whereby it will be Ireland’s first sustainable town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11791/25]

200. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the consideration and research that has taken place in his Department on the incidence of medical or homecare waste in domestic refuse; and if this should be considered for a special waste collection rate. [11800/25]

201. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of Ireland’s preparedness for a nuclear event that meaningfully impacts this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11865/25]

202. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on private wires policy; to provide a timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11949/25]

203. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered the use of mixed technologies as a transitional measure for households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11950/25]

204. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide the average cost to retrofit a home to a BER B2 or higher standard from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11951/25]

205. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11964/25]

206. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the installation of the fibre-to-the-home network (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11989/25]

207. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 201, 202, 203, 204 and 206 of 4 March 2025, the reason “related reports” will only be “considered” for future publication; to outline any reasons he may not want to publish the findings of the CEPA consultation initiated by the then-Minister in 2024; to outline any reasons …

208. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be possible to import only non-fracked gas into the State-led strategic emergency gas reserve; if this is the strategy he intends to pursue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12135/25]

209. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider revising the mandate of GNI in order that it be aligned with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12137/25]

210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the State-run strategic emergency gas reserve will be run exclusively by the State or whether it will commission a commercial entity to run it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12138/25]

211. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications where the strategic emergency gas reserve will be located; and the estimated timeline for delivery. [12139/25]

212. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which increased interconnection was considered as part of his Department’s plan to enhance Ireland’s energy security; the reason a strategic emergency gas reserve was favoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12140/25]

213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the basis for the €300 million floating LNG terminal; if the cost includes the cost of constructing a jetty, pipelines, and connection to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12145/25]

214. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12152/25]