Parliamentary questions

204. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will make a statement on staffing at the SEAI. [7291/25]

205. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason for the delay restoring broadband and phone services following storm Éowyn (details supplied); and the measures being taken to expedite the process. [7312/25]

206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the Loughros Mór draft net fisheries demand for season parity, ahead of the 2025 season; if he will consider intervening to ensure license holders on the Owenea and Owentocker rivers/Loughros Mór estuary are treated fairly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7404/25]

207. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular form. […

208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households in Donegal that are yet to have their National Broadband Ireland connection restored after storm Éowyn; the reason all connections have not yet been restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7461/25]

209. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value at the t…

210. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within his Department and agencies under the aegis his Department of in each of the past five years. [7522/25]

211. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, given that Bord na Móna is a State-owned entity and as he is the sole shareholder, he can re-assure workers that their jobs and pensions, and so on, will remain secure knowing that an unlimited private company is purchasing Bord na Móna; if that of future new employees will also be secure; and if he wi…

212. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs provided to Ministers of State of his Department; to outline the duties he intends to delegate by statutory instrument to his Minister of State; and if he will make a s…

213. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the potential to develop a market for domestic wind energy production, given the successful roll out of domestic solar production in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7836/25]

214. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm the total capacity, in MW, of all new flexible gas-fired power generation plants under construction since November 2021 (details supplied). [7984/25]

215. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises that remain unconnected under the National Broadband Ireland rollout plan; the estimated timeline for full completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7985/25]

216. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if hydrotreated vegetable oil for home heating will be approved for consumer use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8001/25]

217. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department are examining solutions to allow solar PVs to continue to generate electricity to power homes during power outages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8002/25]

218. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications given that there is an all-Ireland energy market, if there has been any discussion between Derry City and Strabane Council, or the Department of Infrastructure in the north of Ireland and the ESB or his Department in this jurisdiction on the demand on electricity by the proposed four new data centres in th…

219. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to clarify the details and frequency of monitoring measures to ensure quality control of all materials used by a semi-State agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8050/25]

220. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in the context of the recent International Tribunal for the Law Of the Sea advisory opinion, what necessary measures to prevent, reduce and control marine pollution from anthropogenic GHG emissions are being taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8091/25]

221. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how much data centre demand is currently contracted to connect to the electricity networks operated by ESB Networks and Eirgrid above what is already connected. [8104/25]

222. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown, by county of the details for each Mandatory Demand Curtailment which occurred to date in 2025 as instructed by Eirgrid, in tabular form. [8106/25]

223. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on Ireland's implementation of Directive 2022/2555, known as Network and Information Systems 2; if he will outline the legal framework for cybersecurity in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8132/25]

72. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the proposed sale of Bord na Móna Recycling; if he has met with it to discuss this sale; the measures taken to ensure the protection of jobs and pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7042/25]

73. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he intends to intervene to halt the privatisation of Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7037/25]

74. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding model for supporting the roll-out of renewable energy and for supporting the grid; if he has plans to reform current models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6768/25]

75. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to clarify his plans to sell Bord na Móna Recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7031/25]

76. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that the emissions impact of imported liquefied natural gas, LNG, is worse than that of coal; and if he envisages the building of either a State-led or commercial LNG terminal in that context. [7030/25]