359. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's plans to ensure that every local authority home still without attic, cavity or any other suitable insulation has it installed; and his plans to boost the BER rating for all local authority homes to at least a B rating. [70056/26]
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164. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated timeline for the delivery of the retrofit scheme to all social housing units in County Louth and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/26]
560. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that the Programme for Government identifies the publication of new section 28 Wind Energy Development Guidelines as a priority, if the Strategic Environmental Assessment process for these guidelines has commenced; if so, when this process began; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54589/25]
561. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated Wind Energy Development Guidelines will be published; the specific timeline for their publication, particularly in relation to setback distances from residential properties given the significant increase in the height of modern wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54590/25]
567. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated planning guidelines for wind farms will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54619/25]
568. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest update on the publication of new wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54631/25]
535. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the transposition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51100/25]
1247. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are specific development guidelines for the development of large-scale fossil-fuel-bio-fuel powered energy projects similar to the 2006 wind energy guidelines (details supplied); if not, whether his Department have any plans to develop or draft guidelines for such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
261. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost to increase the energy efficiency retrofitting programme budget over a five year period, with an increase of 33% per year, by years one to five. [28260/25]
262. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full-year cost to employ one FTE per staffing level in An Bord Pleanála. [28262/25]
263. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full-year cost to employ one FTE with biodiversity expertise, one FTE with expertise in environmental planning, one FTE with expertise in renewable energy, per staffing level, in An Bord Pleanála. [28263/25]
264. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost to double funding available for biodiversity officers in local authorities. [28266/25]
265. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage full-year cost to employ a FTE biodiversity officer in a local authority in 2025. [28267/25]
266. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of biodiversity officers employed in each local authority broken down by local authority; the number of vacancies that exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/25]
267. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of climate action officers employed in each local authority broken down by local authority; the number of vacancies that exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28269/25]
268. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost of installing 5kW of solar PV on 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 50% of all social housing [28270/25]
269. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost of installing 5kw solar PV on 5000 social homes [28271/25]
270. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost to increase the energy efficiency retrofitting programme budget by 100% over five years. [28273/25]
271. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade working in An Bord Pleanála and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [28277/25]
281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the cost to increase the energy efficiency retrofitting programme budget under the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage over a five-year period, with an increase of 50% per year, broken down by years 1 to 5.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28321/25]
377. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the recently published National Planning Framework which allocates national renewable energy targets to regions using a geospatial, grid-led and even growth approach, if he will confirm the specific setback distance from sensitive receptors was applied in the analysis for wind energy; if he will clarify wh…
378. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the recently published National Planning Framework which allocates national renewable energy targets to regions using a geospatial, grid-led and even growth approach, if he will provide a copy of the allocation analysis and the modelling iterations carried out, including the turbine specifications used suc…
768. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options that are available to older people who can no longer use the housing aid for older people grant to buy a new fossil fuel boiler, such as an oil or gas boiler, given the new grant amount will not cover air to water systems, and in many cases the house will not be suitable for these heating systems (details supp…