161. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the volume of biomethane generated in Ireland in each year since 2020; the proportion that was added to the national gas network in each year; the target for biomethane generation in 2026 and 2027 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27410/26]
Topics / Natural Gas Grid
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsNatural Gas Grid
13 questions from 5 TDs, between 20 February 2025 and 15 April 2026.
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258. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proposals to extend the natural gas supply to Cavan town, as well as more towns in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43237/25]
15. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will outline the Government’s position on commercial liquid natural gas facilities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39906/25]
16. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will develop a policy statement banning the development of any commercial liquid natural gas facilities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39907/25]
17. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he believes there would be a business case for a State-led liquid natural gas facility in the event that a commercial facility was also operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39908/25]
209. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current timeline of delivery for the proposed acquisition of a State-leased floating storage and regasification unit and construction of ancillary infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38724/25]
210. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the locations short-listed for the State-leased floating storage and regasification unit and associated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38725/25]
211. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list the gas storage “onshore salt cavern” locations that have been identified for a ‘full mitigation scenario’, as outlined by the Gas Networks Ireland ‘Preliminary Business Case’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38726/25]
212. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the promised public consultation on a State-led floating storage and regasification unit, as outlined by the previous Minister of this Department, will be undertaken, keeping in mind Ireland’s commitments under the Aarhus Convention and the legal challenges taken by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to lack of ne…
148. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated additional volume requirement of natural gas for electricity generation and data centres for each of the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/25]
169. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how much natural gas was used respectively by data centres and large industrial processes respectively in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11241/25]
64. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will support and expedite the long-awaited liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at the Tarbert/Ballylongford landbank as this LNG project has the potential to be the spring board that will deliver thousands of jobs to the north Kerry region over the next 20 years, a region that has suffered in the context of employment f…
126. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the potential use of liquefied natural gas as an energy source in Ireland; if he envisions the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Ireland in the future; if he intends to ban the use of liquefied natural gas as an energy source in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/25]