Parliamentary questions

80. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the pre-BER and post-BER rating of solid fuel homes retrofitted as part of the SEAI retrofitting programme, broken down by SEAI scheme in the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28299/25]

81. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of solid fuel homes retrofitted as part of the SEAI retrofitting programme that were fitted with a heat pump, broken down by SEAI scheme in the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28300/25]

82. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost per retrofit in each of the SEAI’s schemes per post-BER rating in the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28301/25]

83. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which real estate investment trust (REIT)-owned residences have availed of the SEAI’s retrofitting scheme; the number of REIT-owned properties that have been retrofitted under the SEAI various schemes, broken down by scheme in the years 2021 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he w…

84. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the real estate investment trusts (REIT) that have availed of the SEAI retrofitting schemes; the breakdown of the total value awarded to each REIT, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28305/25]

85. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications waiting to be approved under the warmer homes scheme; the current average wait time for applications; the number of approvals, per month, in the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025; the number of approvals, per year since 2020; and the average cost, per grant, per year, since 2020, …

86. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the Revised Estimate for 2025, in tabular form. [28314/25]

130. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans being made to install a solar farm on Bord na Móna lands that have hosted breeding common cranes in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27552/25]

131. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the environmental considerations that were taken into account when planning to install a solar farm on Bord na Móna lands that have hosted breeding common cranes in recent years; if an environmental impact study was undertaken to ascertain the impact of such a development on this rare breeding pair; an…

132. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to share the exact location of planned, and discussed, solar farms on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27554/25]

133. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the expected capacity of the planned solar farm on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27555/25]

134. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for any planned, and discussed, solar farms on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27556/25]

135. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered identifying the site that is currently home to breeding common cranes (Bord na Móna land) as a special protection area in light of the presence, and successful breeding, of this rare indigenous species in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27558/25]

136. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department is currently considering any restrictions on fossil fuel advertising across media outlets. [26706/25]

137. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to reinstate the solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26762/25]

138. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it is Government policy to support 100% community owned renewable energy projects in the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26856/25]

139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report grid resilience; if he has considered the introduction of community microgrids (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26892/25]

140. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or the SEAI have plans to change the qualifying criteria for the warmer homes scheme including that the home must be built pre-2006, given the number of years the scheme has been in operation and that many of the houses built since 2006 are now in need of retrofit; and if he will make a statement on the …

141. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current waiting times for the warmer homes scheme; the average waiting time in May 2024; the plans to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/25]

142. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the new clubhouse and facilities (details supplied) which will be opened shortly in Balbriggan; if he is aware that the area immediately surrounding this new clubhouse does not have access to high speed broadband; if the installation of a BCP has been considered for this site; if will p…

143. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will reverse plans to close the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC); his Department’s plans to support early-stage digital enterprises and start-ups here if the NDRC ceases operations in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/25]

144. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independent…

145. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-compet…

146. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication di…

147. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the members of the Irish delegation attending the 2025 UN Ocean Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/25]