31. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar pv budget over a five year period with a 25% increase per annum, by years one to five. [28142/25]
Topics / Environmental Policy
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEnvironmental Policy
194 questions from 47 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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193 written, 1 oral
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| March 2025 | 1 |
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| May 2025 | 55 |
| June 2025 | 13 |
| July 2025 | 7 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 25 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 17 |
| December 2025 | 12 |
| January 2026 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 5 |
| April 2026 | 4 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 11 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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32. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar pv budget over a five year period with a 33% increase per annum, by years one to five. [28143/25]
33. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar pv budget over a five year period with a 50% increase per annum, by years one to five. [28145/25]
34. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the first and full-year cost of setting up a district heating scheme (details supplied). [28147/25]
35. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost to install a heat pump, by year in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28167/25]
39. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar PV budget by 100% over five years. [28172/25]
40. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding that was allocated to the Climate Action Fund in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2023 and in 2025; and the amount that was drawn down per year. [28173/25]
41. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to estimate the cost of doubling the Climate Action Fund. [28174/25]
43. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding that was available to renewable energy communities in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the amount drawn down in each of the years, in tabular form. [28180/25]
44. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost for a renewable energy community to connect to the grid; the number of renewable energy communities that have been successful in RESS or SRESS that have energised; and the number that have failed to energise and time out of their RESS contract or SRESS before energising, in tabular form. [28181/25]
45. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost to increase the funding available for renewable energy committees over a five-year period, rising by 50% per annum, broken down by years 1 to 5. [28182/25]
46. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost to increase the funding available for renewable energy committees over a five-year period, rising by 25% per annum, broken down by years 1 to 5. [28183/25]
47. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost to increase the funding available for renewable energy committees over a five-year period, rising by 33% per annum, broken down by years 1 to 5. [28184/25]
48. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, working in the SEAI; and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [28187/25]
50. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the first and full-year cost of establishing the Just Transition Commissions.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28190/25]
51. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the capital funding that was allocated to the circular economy grants scheme in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the amount that was drawn down per annum. [28192/25]
52. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a breakdown of 2025 budget allocation for residential and community retrofits per programme including a breakdown of capital and current allocations. [28194/25]
53. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the revenue that would be saved by cancelling the subscription to the energy charter treaty. [28195/25]
54. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost of the cost of doubling the funding to the Irish Environmental Network. [28200/25]
55. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of retrofitting a house that had a fossil fuel boiler installed to a B2 standard under each scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28201/25]
56. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of retrofitting a house that did not have renewable heating systems installed to a B2 standard under each scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28202/25]
57. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to estimate the average cost of retrofitting a home to a B2 standard or higher under each SEAI retrofit scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28203/25]
58. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of houses retrofitted to a lower than B2 standard that had heat pumps installed under each scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28204/25]
59. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of retrofitting a house to a lower than B2 standard that had fossil fuel boilers installed under each scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28205/25]
60. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of a retrofit completed to a lower than B2 standard in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [28206/25]