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Climate Action Plan

262 questions from 54 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 30 September 2026.

262
questions
235 written, 27 oral
54
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20250
February 202523
March 20253
April 202520
May 20257
June 20259
July 202511
August 20250
September 20253
October 202536
November 20255
December 20258
January 20267
February 202646
March 20267
April 202628
May 20265
June 20269
July 202625
August 20260
September 202610
October 20260

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Aontú5 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil18 from 9 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael22 from 10 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party24 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent7 from 2 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland1 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party29 from 3 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity13 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin74 from 16 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 47
  2. 39
  3. 25
  4. 24
  5. 18
  6. 9
  7. 7
  8. 6

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Paul Murphy Oral 10 Apr 2025 · to Environment
12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the climate action plan for 2025 will be published; the way in which the actions in it for this year can be implemented when it is four months into the year and it has not yet been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17928/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Environment
42. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the Climate Action Plan 2026; when he expects the plan to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18069/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Environment
44. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when exactly the 2025 Climate Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17628/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Environment
50. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update and expected date of publication of the 2025 Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Environment
57. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide the proposed timeline of publication for the Government’s annual Climate Action Plans during the time of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Environment
253. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the final social climate plan will contain adequately funded and targeted and long-term structural supports to address the impacts of the second emissions trading system on households facing rising fuel and energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17424/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Environment
254. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he plans to initiate a robust public consultation on the development of Ireland’s social climate plan; if he will guarantee that this consultation is held in good time to allow for meaningful and inclusive public input ahead of the 30 June 2025 deadline for submission to the European Commission; if the consultation w…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Transport
294. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding a transport objective in the Climate Action Plan (details supplied) to support delivery of the all-island strategic rail review recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16808/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Environment
178. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Climate Action Fund - Strand 1: Community Climate Action Programme – Building Low Carbon Communities, will be available in 2025; how much will be provided in the fund, and when will applications open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16479/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Taoiseach
202. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Climate Action Plan progress reports for the remainder of 2024 will be published by his Department. [15146/25]
Pa Daly Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Environment
248. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the climate action plan for 2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15030/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
94. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on plans to establish a climate investment clearing house. [10544/25]
James O'Connor Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
99. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the terms of reference for the clearing house group on climate investment and for the module on energy transformation; if he will further outline the composition of the group; and the names of the members involved. [11322/25]
Pa Daly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Environment
143. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications about the reports of the climate action delivery board; where can these reports be accessed; when he expects the next update to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/25]
Pa Daly Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Taoiseach
70. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach for an update on the actions incomplete, pending or not yet progressed as part of the various climate action plans from 2021 to date; if he expects these actions to be completed in 2025; and if any action will not be progressed as part of the new Programme for Government. [4387/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Enterprise
362. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to respond to the report published on 10 December 2024 (details supplied) which found a blind spot in the Climate Action Plan resulting from a failure to include direct demand for natural gas from connections to data centres; the engagement he has had with the EPA and SEAI on the matter; and the actions he proposes to address the blind s…
Pa Daly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
136. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the Climate Action Plan 2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5491/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Taoiseach
57. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4964/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Foreign
83. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4956/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Environment
93. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4954/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Defence
100. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4951/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Transport
104. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4966/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Finance
117. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4955/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
133. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4961/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Enterprise
145. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total annual payments by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER); an annual total of the payments in the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4953/25]