Questions

132. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has met with Bord Gáis or SSE Airtricity to discuss their latest price hikes; if so, when he met them; if not, if there are plans to meet in the future; the dates which these meetings took place or will take place; and to provide a detailed breakdown of the dates on which he met each energy supplier since his time in office began, in…

133. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the latest report on the CRU which proposed that data centres should be offered cut price gas in return for supply disruption; his views on whether is fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65756/26]

134. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures in Budget 2027 to reduce the cost of energy; when supports will be provided to ease the burden now; when energy market reforms will be delivered; and if he will make statement on the matter. [65755/26]

135. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the work of the NEAT; when their report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65754/26]

136. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will detail in tabular format on a county by county basis the number of businesses in each county that have received solar PV grants since 2022. [65697/26]

137. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes that received solar PV grants since 2020, by county, in tabular form. [65696/26]

138. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm that Ireland has agreed to co-host, alongside Tuvalu, the second Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels summit in 2027; if Ireland is also participating in the coordination group established to ensure continuity between the first and second conferences, alongside Colombia, the Netherlands and Tuvalu; the resource…

139. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will clarify how, and at what level, Ireland participated in the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels summit held in Santa Marta, Colombia, from 24-29 April 2026; if a Minister or Minister of State represented Ireland at the high-level segment; if not, if Ireland’s participation was at official/civil servant level only; and…

140. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware that the obligation rates proposed in the forthcoming renewable heat obligation scheme will see no additional low carbon liquid fuel being used for home heating. [65873/26]

141. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has evaluated the concerns of the liquid fuel sector that the proposed obligation rates in the forthcoming renewable heat obligation scheme are too low to have any impact in reducing carbon emissions. [65871/26]

142. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to the Arklow bank wind farm report (details supplied); the progress made to deliver offshore wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65764/26]

143. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update of the grid as outlined as part of PR6; if he has met with EirGrid and ESB to discuss and programme of works planned out to 2030; if he has been or expects to be presented with a timework of works for delivery; if not, when he expects to see a programme and timeline for project delivery; and if he will make a s…

144. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to prepare for COP 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65759/26]

145. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the protections he has put in place for households to withstand increasingly extreme weather as we head into the winter months since he entered Government, including protections against storms and flooding; to provide a detailed breakdown of the actions delivered to date, in tabular form. [65757/26]

146. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the additional measures for example, WAM he had planned to address Ireland’s emissions (details supplied); to provide a detailed breakdown of these measures; the timeline for delivery; the projected emissions savings; and the impact on overall sectoral ceilings, in tabular form. [65805/26]

147. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the climate action plan will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65807/26]

148. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the land use review; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65806/26]

149. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to assure the people of East Clare that his Department will not issue prospecting licences in the local area for gold, silver and base metals; if he is aware of the potential impacts of mining and prospecting in relation to water quality and the proposed injection of chemicals into the land in some cases; to give an assurance that…

150. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the Grid Options Report for the South Coast will be finalised and published. [65963/26]

151. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the demands data centres place on Ireland’s critical infrastructure; the plans to increase this demand; if he is satisfied with our infrastructure’s ability to withstand this increased demand; the way in which this will be paid; the contributions data centres have made to finance existing and increased demand; his view…

176. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport the obligations on app dispatch operators to show a taxi driver the exact final fare charged to their passenger (details supplied); the protections that exist for the driver who correctly entered the lower meter amount in an event where a passenger claims to have been charged more than the meter; which document is the authoritative expense record where th…

177. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport Whether his Department has received any recent traffic monitoring data from Cork County Council, the National Transport Authority or Transport Infrastructure Ireland concerning the R630 between Ballinacurra and the N25 Lakeview Roundabout; if so, whether the data indicates any material deterioration in traffic flow or journey times; and if he will make a statem…

178. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware and supportive of the plans for a redeveloped Port in Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64185/26]

179. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of the current local link services in each county. [64179/26]

180. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport his plans to increase the local link services in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [64178/26]