Parliamentary questions

159. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will take measures to improve public awareness of supports and services available during periods of poor weather and resulting electricity blackouts, particularly given the increasing regularity and severity of these storms in the wake of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the…

160. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when full telephone and broadband reception will be available at affected areas throughout Offaly, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6199/25]

161. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6229/25]

162. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6247/25]

163. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE legal advisors employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6275/25]

164. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grants issued by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to homeowners for attic insulation in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6276/25]

165. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the increase in funding for the PhD stipends (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6277/25]

166. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grants issued by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to homeowners for external wall insulation, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6278/25]

167. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update as to when his Department will conclude consideration of the request by An Post for a 2% increase to pensions in payment and deferred pensions from 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6303/25]

168. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of his Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if…

169. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider establishing a rebalancing subvention, modelled on the large energy user rebalancing subvention introduced in 2009, with the purpose of funding repair and upgrade of the grid in the wake of storm Éowyn, by collecting a greater portion of network charges from large energy users and less f…

170. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to advance planning guidelines for biogas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6352/25]

171. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with phone and broadband providers with a view to establishing a system for information on service outages, similar to the ESB’s PowerCheck, which can be accessed by the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6353/25]

172. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts being made to restore broadband and phoneline services in areas currently affected by outages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6354/25]

122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to report on his engagements with the British government on its plans to build eight new nuclear power stations in Britain; what measures are in place to ensure that there is no safety risk posed to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5279/25]

123. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures the will be taken by the inland fisheries division to meet key commitments in the 2025 Programme for Government regarding the recognition of the Great Western Lakes, including Lough Corrib SAC, as salmonid waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5371/25]

124. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there have been any personnel changes to the position of principal officer within the inland fisheries division of his Department for the commencement of the 34th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5372/25]

125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount that has been spent on the national electricity grid in each of the past 20 years. [5376/25]

126. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to review the case of persons (details supplied) requiring broadband connectivity. [5399/25]

90. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to ensure that fibre broadband is extended to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4980/25]

91. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland has formally withdrawn from the Energy Charter Treaty in line with the individual withdrawals undertaken by other EU Member States alongside the EU's withdrawal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5081/25]

92. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to consider the climate change policy requirements referenced in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4946/25]

93. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4954/25]

94. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when broadband coverage will be available to a residence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4974/25]

95. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the present position regarding a grant aid, or aid through Pobal for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5024/25]