475. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of deposit return scheme machines; and the number of wheelchair accessible deposit return scheme machines. [25704/26]
Topics / Environmental Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEnvironmental Schemes
99 questions from 46 TDs, between 18 February 2025 and 22 September 2026.
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| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 7 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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478. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Minister the way in which he plans to address the anomaly in locations, including Dublin Airport, where recycling cans and plastics under the deposit return scheme is not that practical or even possible; the reason consumers should have to pay the levy in these circumstances; and what happens to the excess unreturned deposit. [25903/26…
479. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the State derived from returned plastic bottles and cans in 2025 (details supplied); where this excess of money goes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25904/26]
173. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if consideration has been given to instructing Re-Turn to distribute part of its surplus to community organisations in the form of grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/26]
314. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Ireland's progress under the Nature Restoration Law. [23391/26]
81. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 24 February 2026, the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied supports made available to others in similar circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18858/26]
67. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the Climate and Nature Fund; the number of applications has he received; the number of have been approved; how much money has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10763/26]
169. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 7 October 2025, the reason the deserted wives social protection payment recipients are excluded from the SEAI scheme given they are on similar means to single parent and also pension recipients and should be able to avail of the warmer homes scheme. [7741/26]
197. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will allow retrospective access to SEAI's individual energy upgrade grants for households impacted by a company that went insolvent (details supplied) after they had paid a deposit for works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8131/26]
805. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to promote grants for installing solar panels on farm buildings in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4009/26]
370. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on SEAI’s business energy upgrade scheme; and the breakdown of grants awarded broken down by size of grant awarded, the size of the business that received the award, and by the county in which the business is located, in each of the years since the schemes inception, in tabular form. [1223/26]
271. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures funded by carbon tax revenue to ensure low-income households can access retrofitting supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64563/25]
301. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the number of households who have availed of the loan for retrofitting, broken down by county and by year, since the schemes inception, in tabular form. [73833/25]
302. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the pre- and post-BER rating of the households who have availed of the loan for retrofitting, in tabular form. [73834/25]
168. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in advance of a decision to approve an organisation (details supplied) as the operator of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme for farm plastics; the provisions he has made for recovery operators that collect, process and recycle farm plastics distinct to the organisation, and in compliance with all relevant legisl…
89. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a homeowner can be reimbursed through the PV solar panel scheme for medically vulnerable households in a case where the homeowners have previously installed PV solar panels from their own resources. [68228/25]
19. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades carried out under the warmer homes scheme to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68554/25]
31. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide details of the number of SMEs that have participated in the business energy upgrade scheme since its inception; and a breakdown of the measures supported, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67622/25]
33. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average waiting time for the warmer home scheme currently; the average waiting time for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67750/25]
34. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of warmer home schemes completed to date in 2025, by county; the number per county for the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67751/25]
36. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the date on which the Government-approved scheme to provide free 2kWp solar PV systems to Priority Services Register (PSR) households was formally approved; the date on which ESB Networks and energy suppliers were instructed to begin notifications to eligible households; the number of households notified to date; and the number of i…
37. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to establish a retrospective or exceptional circumstances mechanism to provide reimbursement or partial compensation to Priority Services Register households who installed solar PV systems at their own expense before receiving notification of their eligibility for the free Government-funded scheme; and if he will make a statement on…
109. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding farm payment issues under the ACRES scheme will be resolved; the steps being taken to ensure timely payments in future cycles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65229/25]
203. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if we will address the disadvantage smaller businesses are facing with deposit return scheme machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67236/25]
153. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the National Retrofit Plan, specifically regarding the targets of retrofitting 500,000 homes and installing 400,000 heat pumps by 2030; the steps being taken to accelerate these initiatives; the means by which his Department propose to address the projected shortfall in heat pump installations, which may not meet the …