Waste Management

216. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of problems with the removal of clothes pods, where they have become hotspots for illegal dumping and are not being used regularly for the donation of clothes, as a result of the EU Waste Framework Directive, which requires each Member State to provide a segregated waste collection service; and if hi…

220. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of tonnes of farm plastic currently stored in Irish Farm Film Producers Groups approved yards; and where in the country are they stored. [51805/25]

221. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of farm plastic that has been collected by Irish Farm Film Producers Groups from Irish farmers; the amount that has been recycled; the amount that has been incinerated; the amount that has been exported in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025, in tabular form. [51807/25]

222. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason Irish farmers have to pay a recycling levy when they buy silage wrap and also have to pay for it to be collected for recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51809/25]

225. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide further detail on the review being undertaken by his Department of extended producer responsibility and the producer responsibility initiatives for the WEEE and batteries sectors; and to outline the scope, objectives and expected timeline for the completion of this review. [52126/25]

124. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when a new a waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/25]

149. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has engaged with the European Union or international partners on the collection and reporting of data which will facilitate the collating of data on the quantities of PET plastic which are recycled domestically and exported. [48878/25]

172. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the next steps to be taken in the process of transitioning Ireland's municipal waste collection market from its current side-by-side licensing system to a franchise tendering system; the timeline by which a decision will be made, either to retain the current model or change to a franchise syste…

195. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the annual tonnage of e-waste and end of life vehicles recovered since 2021, including copper, aluminium and steel; the tonnage exported under waste shipment rules, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47210/25]

300. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the creation of an urban waste management programme, acknowledging the acute waste management needs of dense residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43723/25]

215. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if any exception could be made to waste regulations for small scale café’s which would enable them to sell or provide for free coffee grinds to local community gardens as fertilizers, even if said community garden groups did not possess a waste licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38730/25]

224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for the phase-out of incineration in our waste management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39456/25]

227. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to increase the construction and demolition waste materials recycling rate in Ireland, which stood at 39.7% in 2020 versus an EU average of 78.1%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39459/25]

228. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views regarding the remunicipalisation of waste services in Ireland; if he has engaged with campaigners on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39460/25]

191. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the way in which the Waste Framework Directive will be implemented; if it will require primary or secondary legislation, and what is the timeframe for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36154/25]

195. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of bin collection companies not providing brown bin collection services in certain parts of the country despite being mandated to under the Household Food Waste and Bio-waste Regulations 2023 from January 2024 (details supplied); the actions his Department is undertaking to compel bin collection comp…

225. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 15 October 2024, the status of that report; its findings and his views on the need to municipalise waste collection. [33854/25]

207. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether local authorities have the legal authority to request proof of lawful waste disposal by residents in the form of receipts or bank statements, particularly in cases where there is no evidence of public or private bin service usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33242/25]

355. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are mandatory set-back distances from houses for anaerobic digestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33276/25]

213. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the State's plans for waste disposal given the country's operational landfill sites are almost at maximum capacity; to outline the Department's longer-term plans for waste disposal, including if any waste incineration plants are being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […

148. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his proposals to reduce the amount of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic exported from Ireland; if he has considered introducing a levy on the use of virgin plastics; and if his Department will collate data on the quantities of PET plastic that are recycled domestically and exported. [30327/25]

159. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitments to target dumping blackspots and use tools like CCTV and drones to monitor dumping hotspots to catch and penalise offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/25]

270. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or his Department has regard to infrastructural capacity issues with respect to reaching targets and milestones for the management of all types of household waste laid down in the National Waste Management Plan for the Circular Economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28834/25]

395. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of waste enforcement officers employed in each local authority throughout the country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28764/25]

12. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the proliferation of fires occurring in waste collection vehicles due to the presence of combustible lithium batteries within vaping devices, igniting in trucks while in transit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26098/25]