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Energy Conservation

302 questions from 75 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.

302
questions
295 written, 7 oral
75
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
9
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 20252
February 202522
March 202510
April 202526
May 202514
June 202517
July 202533
August 20250
September 202527
October 20258
November 202540
December 202544
January 20267
February 20264
March 20263
April 202610
May 20266
June 202611
July 20267
August 20260
September 20269
October 20262

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.

  • Aontú4 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil69 from 21 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael54 from 18 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party5 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent17 from 3 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland3 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party26 from 8 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity8 from 1 TD · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin93 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. 61
  2. 17
  3. 14
  4. 11
  5. 10
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 9

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Climate
115. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Government's retrofitting targets across private housing have been set for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60420/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Climate
139. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the options available through the better energy warmer homes scheme given the restrictions on coverage for new fossil fuel heating sources in place from earlier this year; if there are plans to examine alternative lower cost-effective heating sources in this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60478/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
185. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households in County Kildare that availed of the SEAI home energy upgrade grants from 2022 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58697/25]
Brendan Smith Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
205. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the plans he has in place to encourage more tradespeople to register with SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59264/25]
Brendan Smith Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
206. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of tradespeople registered with SEAI, per county; his views on the reasons for such a low uptake of registration, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59265/25]
Brendan Smith Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
207. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider incentives for tradespeople if they register with SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59266/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
214. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his attention has been brought to Britain's National Audit Office report about failures of insulation schemes with the quality of installations of external and internal wall insulation and suspected fraud on the energy company obligation; and whether similar concerns have been raised about insulation schemes here. [59667/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
222. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Naas area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60059/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
223. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Maynooth area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60060/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
224. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Clane area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60061/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
225. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Celbridge area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60062/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
226. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Leixlip area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60063/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
227. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Straffan area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60064/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
228. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Kilcock area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60065/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
229. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Kill area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60066/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
230. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Johnstown Bridge area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60067/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
231. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes in the Sallins area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60068/25]
Emer Currie Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Transport
402. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 8 September 2025, for an update on correspondence with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59523/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Climate
174. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the plans to reconsider the timeline a person must be registered with the ESB Networks Priority Services Register before being eligible for the SEAI Solar PV for medically vulnerable households scheme; the reason for this time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55428/25]
Pa Daly Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Climate
175. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the annual uplift in the funding allocated to retrofitting under the National Development Plan in the years 2020 to 2030, in tabular form. [55773/25]
Pa Daly Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Climate
176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 13 February 2025 (details supplied), and the NDP review, if the allocations remain the same for retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55768/25]
Pa Daly Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Climate
194. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason capital allocation for retrofitting differs from that which was outlined in the 2022 retrofitting plan (details supplied); the reasons for the decrease; if the planned allocations for retrofitting as outlined in the plan between 2027 and 2030 have also been scrapped; if he will provide a breakdown of the new planned capital allo…
Cathal Crowe Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Climate
199. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to enhance the retrofit grant system to allow for individual elements, such as windows or doors, to be retrofitted, in order that households that cannot afford a full retrofit can do so incrementally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55279/25]
Pa Daly Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Climate
205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of installation of solar PV as part of the warmer homes scheme; the number of homes installed with solar PV as part of the warmer homes scheme, broken down by county, the average cost, their pre and post-BER and the average KwH installed in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [55344/25]
Pa Daly Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Climate
207. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the average time spent on a waiting list as part of the warmer home scheme, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55346/25]