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Question· writtenPQ 539asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
539. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the five most important issues by which he can positively impact on the issue of climate change with particular reference to greenhouse gas reduction in public and private transport, energy conservation in the home, domestic motoring, agriculture and forestry while continuing to protect economic output; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53454/18]
Question· writtenPQ 538asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
538. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in the context of climate action with a view to meeting the various challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53453/18]
Question· writtenPQ 537asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
537. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements that will apply in respect of the nationwide ban on smoky coal; the position that applies to coal distributors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53379/18]
Question· writtenPQ 536asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
536. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce rules on noise governing the use of crow bangers and bird scarers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53377/18]
Question· writtenPQ 535asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
535. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of grants for domestic heat pumps that have been allocated under the SEAI grant system since the inception of that part of its programme by area. [53376/18]
Question· writtenPQ 534asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
534. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the criteria for the areas to be covered by the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53355/18]
Question· writtenPQ 533asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
533. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a national ban on plastic straws on environmental grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53338/18]
Question· writtenPQ 532asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
532. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the annual support of €75 for medical incontinence wear has been introduced; if so, the way in which it can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53337/18]
Question· writtenPQ 531asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
531. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the success or otherwise of the warmth and well-being pilot programme that commenced in 2016 and piloted in parts of Dublin 8, 10, 12, 22 and 24; the number of persons that have benefitted from the programme in each area in tabular form; his plans for the expansion of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53336/18]
Question· writtenPQ 530asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
530. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions arising from a study that have been progressed in view of the study by the CCPC into the household waste collection market and its report on 28 September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53335/18]
Question· writtenPQ 529asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
529. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for local authority anti-litter, anti-graffiti awareness grants increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53274/18]
Question· writtenPQ 528asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
528. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a division within his Department that is involved in the provision of the national broadband plan. [48106/18]
Question· writtenPQ 527asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
527. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the North-South interconnector. [52796/18]
Question· writtenPQ 526asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
526. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase broadband connectivity in County Meath. [52795/18]
Question· writtenPQ 525asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
525. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of regulation for the household waste collection market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53213/18]
Question· writtenPQ 524asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
524. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if applications can be made by a business to the eel fisherpersons support scheme in cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53212/18]
Question· writtenPQ 523asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
523. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to address the effects of an increase in illegal dumping on rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45953/18]
Question· writtenPQ 522asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
522. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the Action Plan for Rural Development specifically relating to the roll-out of broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45963/18]
Question· writtenPQ 521asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
521. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the actions being taken to assist county councils deal with incidents of illegal dumping and fly tipping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52781/18]
Question· writtenPQ 520asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
520. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement a national broadband scheme to provide fibre to homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52780/18]
Question· writtenPQ 519asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
519. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to include boiler replacements under the SEAI standard grants and the SEAI warmer home schemes. [53106/18]
Question· writtenPQ 518asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
518. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the SEAI application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53105/18]
Question· writtenPQ 517asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
517. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the evaluation stage of the NBP; if he has received an interim report and or brief in respect of the evaluation process; the timeline and stages of the evaluation process from the date on which the NBP bidding stage closed to the approximate date of awarding a contract to roll out the NBP; the contingency in place should no contract be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53097/18]
Question· writtenPQ 516asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
516. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role the European Commission played in the decision to amend the broadband tender to assign over 300,000 households to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53095/18]
Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
515. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date in 2019 from which persons who previously benefitted from the warmer homes scheme can be eligible for the expanded range of benefits under the scheme announced earlier in 2018. [53082/18]
Question· writtenPQ 514asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
514. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding eligibility for the warmer homes scheme in respect of persons who receive a carer’s payment; if carers will now have an entitlement to the scheme; and the specific conditions attached in this regard. [53081/18]
Question· writtenPQ 513asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
513. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy upgrade work funded to date in 2018 by programme; the planned or budgeted expenditure per programme for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53080/18]
Question· writtenPQ 512asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
512. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that have availed of the warmer homes scheme in each of the years since its commencement, by county or local authority; and the number and value of grants in each year issued by each local authority. [53079/18]
Question· writtenPQ 511asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
511. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the original broadband tender of 800,000 households was in contravention of state aid rules as stated by the Secretary General of his Department when attending the Committee of Public Accounts on 6 December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53055/18]
Question· writtenPQ 510asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
510. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review under way regarding the option to give him the legislative basis on which to screen mineral exploration drilling under EIA directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53001/18]
Question· writtenPQ 509asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
509. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a feed in tariff to roll out domestic and commercial rooftop solar power; if he officially met with the CEO of SEAI since his appointment; if he met with the senior management of companies (details supplied) to discuss the barriers that are preventing deployment of renewables on the grid; and if he has appointed a senior official in his Department to oversee the approach to climate change. [52981/18]
Question· writtenPQ 508asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
508. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties receiving an Eircode; if he will increase the frequency of periodical issuing of Eircodes to new build houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52917/18]
Question· writtenPQ 507asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
507. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if revelations of an energy surplus in Northern Ireland for the next decade will affect the construction of the North-South interconnector, the purpose of which was to alleviate an energy deficit in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52858/18]
Question· writtenPQ 506asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
506. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52853/18]
Question· writtenPQ 505asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
505. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if waste operators will be directed to install a clip on the lids of bins to prevent the bins being blown open during stormy weather and the escape of rubbish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52776/18]
Question· writtenPQ 504asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
504. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that broadband coverage is extended to provide cover for a property (details supplied). [52775/18]
Question· writtenPQ 503asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
503. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are circumstances in which the home energy grant can issue in a scenario in which the applicant applies for the grant after the work is done due to a particular reason (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52771/18]
Question· writtenPQ 502asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
502. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to a person (details supplied) to insulate the person's home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52745/18]
Question· writtenPQ 501asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
501. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of used cooking oil used in the production of biodiesel here annually; the volume of used cooking oil collected; and the volume of such oil that was imported by country of origin since 2010, in tabular form. [52742/18]
Question· writtenPQ 500asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
500. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a broadband service will be available under the national broadband scheme at a location (details supplied). [52725/18]
Question· writtenPQ 499asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
499. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when work will commence on the new whole-of-Government climate action plan; the timeframe for the report to be produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52711/18]
Question· writtenPQ 498asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
498. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for the electric vehicle home charger grant scheme increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53276/18]
Question· writtenPQ 497asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
497. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a series of matters (details supplied) relating to draft net fishing on the River Feale will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52740/18]
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
112. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in completing the contract in locations (details supplied) with regard to the roll-out of 300,000 fibre connections by Eir; the number of homes that could not be connected in the area due to issues related to ducting and-or infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53174/18]
Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
111. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the timeline for the North-South interconnector remains in line with estimated projected demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52951/18]
Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
110. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the plan to cease burning coal at Moneypoint power station in 2025 will be reviewed in view of the fact that no coal has been burned there for over two months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53156/18]
Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
109. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to accelerating the number of community energy projects under the sustainable energy community network. [53137/18]
Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
108. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce energy use through public lighting, with particular reference to non-LED local authority public lights. [53200/18]
Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
107. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to implementing a ban on the use of gas derived from hydraulic fracturing as an energy and fuel source here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53157/18]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2018
106. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to meet the director general of RTÉ; the supports he will provide to RTÉ and TG4 in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51495/18]