230. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these emissions; the amounts paid to the climate action fund by each Department, agency and body required to do so under the procedures for offsetting the emissions associated with official air travel for 2022, in tab…
Topics / Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsGreenhouse Gas Emissions
165 questions from 32 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 30 September 2026.
165
questions
160 written, 5 oral
32
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
19
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 7 |
| March 2025 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 3 |
| May 2025 | 8 |
| June 2025 | 6 |
| July 2025 | 8 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 5 |
| November 2025 | 21 |
| December 2025 | 12 |
| January 2026 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 4 |
| March 2026 | 72 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
67. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the corrective actions he will take to ensure that the transport sector meets its emissions reductions targets by 2030 and does not exceed the sectoral emissions ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18068/25]
59. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on his Department's work with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications to develop a CCUS task force (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21586/25]
1717. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that agriculture accounted for 34.3% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 and given that a reduction in the number of cattle is essential to reduce emissions from this sector, even allowing for technological advances that reduce individual cattle emissions, if he will outline how the 25% reduction in these emissions relati…
10. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which the Oileáin Árann decarbonisation zone in County Galway has achieved the required 7% annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; the status of the implementation plan to achieve the reduction; the resources allocated to Galway County Council in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
15. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 20 February 2025, the extent to which the decarbonisation zone in Galway city has achieved the required 7% annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; the status of the implementation plan to achieve the reduction; the resources allocated to Galway City Council in this regard…
157. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider the proposal of rewetting land as it is very unfair to farmers who have been doing their best to farm peaty soils, and will diminish their income and ability to make a living off the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13822/25]
196. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has calculated the impact that the carbon border adjustment mechanism will have in imported electricity from Britain; the amount by which he anticipates the cost to rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/25]
111. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the decarbonisation zone in Galway city; the status of the implementation plan; the resources in place to achieve the required 7% annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6437/25]
488. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a detailed breakdown of how carbon reduction targets are being assigned within the agricultural sector; whether these targets are being set in a fair and balanced manner compared to other industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4590/25]
489. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he intends to ensure that Irish farmers are adequately compensated for their role in carbon sequestration, particularly in maintaining hedgerows and grasslands that contribute positively to climate goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4591/25]
490. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the emphasis on reducing livestock numbers as a climate strategy, if he will confirm if a full socio-economic impact assessment has been conducted on the consequences of such measures for rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4592/25]
82. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to report on the review of greenhouse gas emissions on a consumption basis; if this will impact Ireland's climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/25]
89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the commitment to reaching 51% reduction in emission on 2018 levels is contingent on achieving a reclassification of biogenic methane at EU and international level; can he confirm the commitment to climate targets irrespective of any potential reclassification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3066/25]
90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated timeframe for completing the review of greenhouse gas emissions on a consumption basis as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3067/25]