307. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of funding that was allocated for the solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable customers; the number of individuals that have received the solar panel grant since it was launched; and what the process of selection is/was; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10047/26]
Topics / Solar Energy Guidelines
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSolar Energy Guidelines
77 questions from 28 TDs, between 20 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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282. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the development of solar energy planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9014/26]
187. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the planning guidelines for solar farms as detailed in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3348/26]
262. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish planning guidelines for solar energy developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4945/26]
83. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of the 2030 target for solar PV that has been achieved (energised) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72959/25]
705. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to ensure that all buildings under his Department’s control have solar panels installed, including Garda stations, court buildings, prisons and any other buildings under his control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70153/25]
806. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans regarding the installation of solar panels on all Tusla buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70145/25]
28. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will clarify the communication processes in place to ensure that households on the Priority Services Register are made aware of their eligibility for government funded solar PV installation. [67430/25]
322. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the planning guidelines for solar farms as detailed in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67451/25]
496. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 4 November 2025, if it is proposed to create planning guidelines for the purposes of meeting the State’s obligations to derive energy sources from and including solar technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65423/25]
546. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has considered guidelines for industrial-type solar farms; to outline the planning legislation for solar farms; if his Department has discussed the same guidelines with the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the EU Land Use Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60442…
131. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of Government-owned buildings which have been retrofitted with solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60217/25]
134. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has considered a policy around installing solar panels on all State buildings around the country; the status regarding the creation of this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60443/25]
180. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if consideration will be given to amending the current eligibility criteria for solar PV grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54910/25]
181. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will review the current eligibility criteria for the solar PV grant scheme, in particular the stipulation that the applicant must be the owner of the home built and occupied before 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54911/25]
99. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the solar farm guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53896/25]
126. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the work of his Department to progress the Programme for Government commitment to introduce planning guidelines for solar energy developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53325/25]
92. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will expand the warmer homes scheme to include solar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48994/25]
620. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a policy or guidelines to manage the dramatic increase in the number of applications for large-scale solar farms; how he intends on regulating these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49137/25]
1483. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 July 2025, the reason that solar PV is limited to the installation of 1kWp solar PV for small social housing with a floor area less than 55 m2, with a maximum HLI of 2 under the local authority retrofitting schemes; if there are plans to expand this criteria to install more solar PV on lo…
83. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is engaging with the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the use of good agricultural land for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36654/25]
76. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish national planning guidelines for solar developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35775/25]
137. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the huge concerns in the farming and rural communities regarding the haphazard planning applications for solar farms, which will result in the reduction of agricultural land available for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25111/25]
23. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 9 April 2025, to provide an update on the formulation of planning guidelines for solar energy developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24869/25]
91. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications with reference to solar panel farms, that they would be required to locate on un-used marginal land or upland, rather than prime agricultural land that is required for farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6802/25]