280. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in relation to the proposed policy on private wires, to outline the framework which ensures that it does not undermine the financing of the national grid; if there will be a framework to ensure that it does not impact on the transmission system operator and distribution system operator to maintain and expand the national grid. [43320/25]
Topics / Energy Policy
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEnergy Policy
391 questions from 80 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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370 written, 21 oral
80
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 13 |
| March 2025 | 48 |
| April 2025 | 26 |
| May 2025 | 18 |
| June 2025 | 16 |
| July 2025 | 25 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 38 |
| October 2025 | 10 |
| November 2025 | 14 |
| December 2025 | 24 |
| January 2026 | 12 |
| February 2026 | 17 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 48 |
| May 2026 | 24 |
| June 2026 | 18 |
| July 2026 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 20 |
| October 2026 | 7 |
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281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the additional resources, if any, that will be provided to the CRU for its regulatory role with regard to private wires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43321/25]
282. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in relation to the proposed policy on private wires, the threshold for a new grid-based solution not being available thus allowing access to a private connection. [43322/25]
283. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the plan to introduce a renewable heat obligation, RHO; to provide a timeline for its introduction; to outline the analysis that has been undertaken to understand the effects the RHO may have on final customer gas bills, especially domestic customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43345/25]
284. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to work on possible grant schemes or changes to the RHSS to facilitate district or communal heating schemes or move them from gas-fed systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43527/25]
285. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the working group on district and communal heating schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43528/25]
290. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost of providing a €500 energy credit to each private household. [43563/25]
291. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost of providing a €500 energy credit to each private household. [43564/25]
294. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to estimate the cost of converting all fossil fuel powered electricity generation in the State to renewable energy. [43583/25]
303. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire as was suggested in recent media reports (details supplied) would be considered an 'islanded data' centre, and would be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy position that islanded dat…
304. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of islanded data centres contracted to connect to the gas network; the number connected to the gas network of those contracted; the number awaiting connection to the gas network of those contracted; the number of formal enquiries that have been received but which are not contracted; and, for each category, the amount of cap…
305. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on efforts to transpose the provisions of Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive relating to data centres, the deadline for which elapsed in June 2025. [44107/25]
14. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to ”Improve traceability in HVO procurement to ensure the product is from sustainable sources”; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39897/25]
213. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason he took the decision to dispense with a revised Energy Poverty Action Plan in favour of advancing an Energy Affordability Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38728/25]
214. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for the timeline for the publication of the Energy Affordability Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/25]
149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the dates on which the Energy Poverty Steering Group which was established under the Energy Poverty Action Plan from 2022 has met, in tabular form. [38395/25]
150. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the annual report on the Energy Poverty Action Plan for 2024 will be submitted to Government and published. [38396/25]
210. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when Ireland plans to formally leave the Energy Charter Treaty, particularly in light of the EU exit and Inter Se Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37725/25]
223. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Irish Social Climate Plan will provide support to energy communities, to promote collective actions to tackle energy poverty and boost energy efficiency, also to subsidise the free participation of energy vulnerable households in energy communities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33797/25]
209. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update of all the actions in the energy security review, broken down by action; the breakdown of completed actions, of actions still in progress, and those that have yet to commence; and the breakdown of estimated timeline for delivery of each action, in tabular form. [33356/25]
210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 10 June 2025, to provide a breakdown of the revenue generated from the temporary solidarity contribution that was used to support measures for final energy customers, introduced in Budgets 2024 and 2025. [33493/25]
169. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland plans to offer a replacement scrappage deal on gas boilers that are aged over 15 years old for domestic residential properties only. [32338/25]
109. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on whether it is critical that Ireland generates sufficient energy to meet both housing needs and the requirements of a digital economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30257/25]
111. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department's policy correctly reflects the balance between energy demand for housing versus energy demand for data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30075/25]
112. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the preparation of the business case seeking to establish future State funding, from 2026 to 2030, to support efficient district heating projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30338/25]