135. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has had discussions with his Spanish counterpart in relation to the possibility of an interconnection project between our two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27348/26]
Topics / Electricity Grid
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsElectricity Grid
127 questions from 46 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 October 2026.
127
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120 written, 7 oral
46
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 11 |
| March 2025 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 5 |
| May 2025 | 4 |
| June 2025 | 6 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 11 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 8 |
| December 2025 | 16 |
| January 2026 | 3 |
| February 2026 | 16 |
| March 2026 | 5 |
| April 2026 | 11 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| June 2026 | 8 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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The questions
166. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the works to increase capacity of the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/26]
237. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress being made to support the development of battery power through national planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27696/26]
423. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to treat energy storage as supply to the grid, rather than simply as back up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/26]
442. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm that the Private Wires Bill 2025 will not lead to any form of privatisation of the national electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25120/26]
500. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that fairness to ordinary householders and other network users become a central design as part of the regime; the steps he will take to ensure that any user that continues to rely on the public grid even intermittently maintain a contribution to …
501. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not result in even more inefficient utilisation of grid connections as private wires projects will maintain access to the public grid; the way in which he will address the opportunity costs that this places on the wider syst…
502. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires if he will consider introducing additional safeguards for private wires projects associated with data centres such as robust, transparent and assessment from the regulator, including a requirement to demonstrate that they do not lead to net increases in overall electricity demand and do not undermine climate objecti…
247. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department is taking to ensure access to energy in County Mayo; the contingency plans in the event of future weather events or other factors that would affect access to electricity in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21839/26]
253. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the level of capital investment allocated to electricity grid resilience and storm hardening measures in the Roscommon-Galway constituency in 2024, 2025 and 2026. [22322/26]
152. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the progression of the Private Wires Bill 2025 (details supplied) that received Government approval in December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20970/26]
153. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to environmental concerns related to the proposed Private Wires Bill 2025 (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure that these concerns are addressed during the Bill drafting process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20971/26]
249. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement he has had with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Energy on the impact of grid constraint on the delivery of housing targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17080/26]
139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider bringing forward a prioritisation framework for grid connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14766/26]
141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in relation to private wires, the charging methodology that will be implemented; and the safeguards that will he introduce to ensure that all of the costs of providing the original grid connection will be recovered by the ESB Networks, and that these costs are not passed on to other customers. [14767/26]
184. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the lessons which have been learned relating to grid resilience from recent storm events, such as storm Chandra; the initiatives being introduced to try to mitigate the impact of future events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14773/26]
249. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is concerned that public capital investment in the electrical grid under NDP will be largely absorbed by data centre expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11096/26]
277. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether planning requirements, management company approval processes or electricity grid connection arrangements have been assessed as barriers to the deployment of plug in or small scale solar generation in apartment developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9562/26]
290. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the adequacy of long duration electricity storage capacity has been assessed in the context of renewable curtailment, grid constraints and system security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9579/26]
292. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the projected electricity demand, by sector to 2030 and the assumptions underpinning these projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9703/26]
300. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the delivery capacity of State bodies responsible for electricity grid development, planning and offshore renewable infrastructure has been assessed against the scale of delivery required to meet 2030 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9721/26]
304. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether workforce capacity within electricity grid operators, planning authorities and consenting bodies has been assessed against the scale of infrastructure delivery required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/26]
312. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which his Department plans to address vulnerabilities in the State's electricity transmission grid highlighted by recent extreme weather events, including storm Éowyn, particularly in the context of climate change; the measures being taken to manage existing levels of curtailment and constraint on the system ahead of sign…
705. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether national housing delivery targets assume electricity infrastructure upgrades that have not yet received planning permission or secured funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9709/26]
708. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether projected housing completions to 2030 assume electricity grid upgrades that have not yet received planning approval or secured funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9743/26]