280. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in relation to the proposed policy on private wires, to outline the framework which ensures that it does not undermine the financing of the national grid; if there will be a framework to ensure that it does not impact on the transmission system operator and distribution system operator to maintain and expand the national grid. [43320/25]
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281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the additional resources, if any, that will be provided to the CRU for its regulatory role with regard to private wires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43321/25]
282. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in relation to the proposed policy on private wires, the threshold for a new grid-based solution not being available thus allowing access to a private connection. [43322/25]
14. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to ”Improve traceability in HVO procurement to ensure the product is from sustainable sources”; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39897/25]
209. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update of all the actions in the energy security review, broken down by action; the breakdown of completed actions, of actions still in progress, and those that have yet to commence; and the breakdown of estimated timeline for delivery of each action, in tabular form. [33356/25]
210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 10 June 2025, to provide a breakdown of the revenue generated from the temporary solidarity contribution that was used to support measures for final energy customers, introduced in Budgets 2024 and 2025. [33493/25]
237. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the new levy (details supplied) that will added to energy bills to pay for the planned FRSU; the amount of revenue this levy will be required to generate each year; if any analysis has been done on the additional cost to households; the amount the average the household energy bill will increase by through the introduction of this levy; the…
238. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of how the revenue generated from the temporary solidarity contribution has been allocated; the breakdown of amount that has been spent and of how much has yet to be allocated; the reason this revenue has not been allocated or spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29950/25]
239. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of how the revenue generated from the cap on market revenues has been allocated; the breakdown of the amount that has been spent; the breakdown of the amount that has yet to be allocated; the reason this revenue has not been allocated or spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29951/25]
240. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the proposed new levy on customer's energy bills to pay for the strategic emergency gas reserve; if he plans to carry out any consultation; the amount he anticipates this levy will cost the average household annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29965/25]
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]
135. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for the environment about private wires connections policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26583/25]
269. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he aware of the CRU’s recent decision on the large energy users connection policy; if he is aware of their conclusion (details supplied); his plan to ensure that data centre expansion does not jeopardise Ireland’s climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/25]
333. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the Capacity Remuneration Mechanism in Ireland; the way in which he plans to prioritise decarbonisation as part of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21237/25]