754. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s work to raise awareness among forest owners of the impact of timing when deciding to fell their forest, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Q3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55517/25]
Topics / Climate Action Plan
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsClimate Action Plan
262 questions from 54 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 30 September 2026.
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235 written, 27 oral
54
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10
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 23 |
| March 2025 | 3 |
| April 2025 | 20 |
| May 2025 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 9 |
| July 2025 | 11 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 36 |
| November 2025 | 5 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 46 |
| March 2026 | 7 |
| April 2026 | 28 |
| May 2026 | 5 |
| June 2026 | 9 |
| July 2026 | 25 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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755. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s launching of complementary actions in 2025 under ACRES cooperation projects, aimed at reduction in land use emissions, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Q3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55518/25]
756. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s identification of funding mechanisms that would support emissions reductions from land use, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Q3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55519/25]
757. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s development of a sectoral adaptation plan for the agriculture sector, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Q3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55520/25]
758. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s development of a sectoral adaptation plan for the forestry sector, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Q3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55521/25]
759. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s development of a sectoral adaptation plan for the seafood sector, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55522/25]
760. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s development of a system for the monitoring and reporting of methane reducing feed and manure ingredients, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55523/25]
107. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to reform the legal mandate of the IAA in order that it aligns with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54266/25]
108. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to reform the legal mandate of the DAA in order that it aligns with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54267/25]
109. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to reform the legal mandate of AirNav in order that it aligns with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54268/25]
379. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation with respect to carbon credits which may arise as a result of the planting of trees by farmers and other landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52879/25]
753. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress toward achieving the target of 400,000 ha, in tillage as set out by the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51798/25]
127. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress made in relation to the action in Climate Action Plan 2024 which reads DECC will assess whether mandated caps on any increase in fossil fuel demand by large energy users could be put in place from 2026; and when the assessment is due to be published. [50230/25]
140. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has carried out a review of the level of performance of all public bodies with regards to their obligations under section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; to provide a report on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49308/25]
24. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the progress of the annexe of actions contained within each annual climate action plan; to provide a breakdown of which actions are completed, are in progress and-or remain outstanding, by year, for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [43014/25]
25. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach when the progress report for quarter 2 of the climate action plan 2025 will be published. [43044/25]
248. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the three new actions due and the 28 legacy actions due as outlined in the quarter 1 2025 progress report (details supplied); which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the progress to date and the timeframe for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43015/25]
301. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for the consultation for the social climate plan. [43744/25]
931. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the two legacy actions due as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the status of the progress to date; the timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43042/25]
1592. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the seven legacy action due as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the status of the progress to date; the timeline for completion; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43040/25]
2206. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the two new actions due and the nine legacy actions due as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the status of the progress to date; the timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43039/25]
3181. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for climate action as part of revised NDP allocations. [43762/25]
180. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach when the climate action plan progress reports for the remainder of 2024 will be published. [37358/25]
218. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reasons for the failure to meet the deadline for completing the Climate Action Plan 2024, sub action EL/24/22, to implement enhanced emissions reporting framework for electricity emissions for large energy users, by the end of 2024. [37143/25]
99. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the specific climate action measures implemented under mission 1 of Food Vision 2030 to date; if he will outline the key performance indicators being used to track progress toward the 2030 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36635/25]