Questions

309. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Environmental Protection Agency has carried out a health risk assessment or environmental risk assessment on chemtrails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23482/25]

310. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will request an impact risk assessment on the health impact of autism and Alzheimer’s disease due to increases chemtrail activity over Ireland. [23483/25]

311. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications regarding the warmer homes scheme, to provide a breakdown, per county, of the waiting list, as well the average wait time, in each of the years 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23539/25]

312. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline specific supports provided by his Department to solid fuel households to transition to renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23540/25]

313. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications about the Programme for Government, and proposals concerning retrofitting; to report on the work his Department has commenced; how this differs from the previous Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23541/25]

314. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when does he anticipate the findings of the NGI consultation and the second CEPA consultation of the energy security review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23671/25]

315. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications as part of the proposal to have a strategic emergency gas reserve, when will the selected location of the floating storage and regassification unit be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23672/25]

316. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who received neither the November or January electricity account credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23781/25]

317. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications that the retrofitting scheme, part of the SEAI grant for retrofitting be reconsidered, allowing homeowners who are retrofitting their homes to apply for stand-alone SEAI grants for windows and doors. [23783/25]

318. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23813/25]

319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23831/25]

320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authori…

321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this…

322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23886/25]

323. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of state funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a compreh…

324. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details supplied). [239…

325. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the adm…

326. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis. (details supplied). [23958/25]

327. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland will miss the 25 June 2025 deadline for submitting our social climate plan; if late submission puts us at risk of infringement proceedings and lessen Ireland’s ability to draw down from the EU’s social climate fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24191/25]

328. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Government will seek to enforce performance security under the ORESS contract for the sceirde rocks project which now looks like it will not be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24192/25]

329. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the delivery of the national DMAP; if his Department has been provided with additional staffing and additional funding to deliver this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24193/25]

330. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when auctions will take place for sites B, C and D as outlined in the south coast DMAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24194/25]

331. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his response to the European Commission's decision to open an infringement procedure against Ireland (INFR(2025)2005) for failing to correctly transpose the Landfill Directive (Directive 1999/31/EC as amended by Directive 2011/97/EU and Directive (EU) 2018/850) which sets standards for landfills to prevent adverse effects on h…

332. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider capping standing charges for electricity at a rate consistent with European averages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24265/25]

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether legislation will be progressed to move towards a consumption-based energy billing model and away from reliance on standing charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24266/25]