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Question· Written questionUIN 124877answered

UN Climate Conference 2021

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what process was used to select the members of the UK COP26 team; what assessment he has made of the effect of that process on gender balance in that team; and what plans his Depa

Question· writtenPQ 164asked

164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding waste services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40974/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020

164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding waste services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40974/20]

Question· writtenPQ 163asked

163. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the provision of greater powers of enforcement to the Commission for Communications Regulation with a particular focus on improving competition, innovation and customer service within the communications sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40952/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020

163. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the provision of greater powers of enforcement to the Commission for Communications Regulation with a particular focus on improving competition, innovation and customer service within the communications sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40952/20]

Question· writtenPQ 162asked

162. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the local authorities which have requested applications for the public charge point scheme; the local authorities that have completed applications; the local authorities that have been approved; the local authorities that have installed chargers under the scheme; and the number of charge points involved in each case in tabular form. [40853/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020

162. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the local authorities which have requested applications for the public charge point scheme; the local authorities that have completed applications; the local authorities that have been approved; the local authorities that have installed chargers under the scheme; and the number of charge points involved in each case in tabular form. [40853/20]

Question· writtenPQ 161asked

161. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has been the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date; the number of specific investigations underway or completed; the dates on which his Department was first notified of the investigation; the details of the investigation; the nature of the complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40809/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020

161. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has been the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date; the number of specific investigations underway or completed; the dates on which his Department was first notified of the investigation; the details of the investigation; the nature of the complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40809/20]

Question· writtenPQ 160asked

160. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an adequate programme of consultation with land owners, occupiers, farmers and farm organisations prior to the commencement of re-wetting in relation current proposals in respect of the re-wetting of peat lands in the midlands and with particular reference to County Offaly will be ensured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40850/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020

160. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an adequate programme of consultation with land owners, occupiers, farmers and farm organisations prior to the commencement of re-wetting in relation current proposals in respect of the re-wetting of peat lands in the midlands and with particular reference to County Offaly will be ensured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40850/20]

Question· QUESTION_WRITTENE-9-2020-006583answered

Klimapolitik

European Union · European Parliament · 3 December 2020

Question· QUESTION_WRITTENE-9-2020-006582answered

Klimapolitik

European Union · European Parliament · 3 December 2020

Question· writtenPQ 208asked

208. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the potential impacts that the European Commission’s 2030 Climate Target Plan will have on Irish agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40697/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020

208. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the potential impacts that the European Commission’s 2030 Climate Target Plan will have on Irish agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40697/20]

Question· writtenPQ 203asked

203. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Bia will be instructed to work with the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Environment, Climate and Communications and Rural and Community Development in the north and other stakeholders such as farming organisations to assist them with implementing a grass fed standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40692/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020

203. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Bia will be instructed to work with the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Environment, Climate and Communications and Rural and Community Development in the north and other stakeholders such as farming organisations to assist them with implementing a grass fed standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40692/20]

Question· writtenPQ 41asked

41. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it is legal to sell coal without the EPA badge on the bag; the person or body responsible for monitoring coal sellers to ensure they are compliant with legislation and taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40749/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020

41. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it is legal to sell coal without the EPA badge on the bag; the person or body responsible for monitoring coal sellers to ensure they are compliant with legislation and taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40749/20]

Question· writtenPQ 40asked

40. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a broadband connection given that the infrastructure is in place and all that is required is a card or switch to be activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40713/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020

40. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a broadband connection given that the infrastructure is in place and all that is required is a card or switch to be activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40713/20]

Question· writtenPQ 39asked

39. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 1153 of 24 November 2020, if he will provide a detailed timetable of when each multiple of the 22,592 individual premises identified in the intervention area of the national broadband plan in County Clare will have completed each of the four stages of the plan; the townlands included in each of those multiples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40660/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020

39. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 1153 of 24 November 2020, if he will provide a detailed timetable of when each multiple of the 22,592 individual premises identified in the intervention area of the national broadband plan in County Clare will have completed each of the four stages of the plan; the townlands included in each of those multiples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40660/20]

Question· writtenPQ 38asked

38. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when access to high-speed broadband will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40624/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020

38. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when access to high-speed broadband will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40624/20]

Question· writtenPQ 37asked

37. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be ensured that section 39 companies that provide housing to vulnerable persons and are funded under the Health Acts can access the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40605/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020

37. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be ensured that section 39 companies that provide housing to vulnerable persons and are funded under the Health Acts can access the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40605/20]

Question· writtenPQ 36asked

36. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to establish a scheme to compensate micro-generators of electricity that provide electricity to the national grid; his views on the need to prioritise this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40592/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020

36. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to establish a scheme to compensate micro-generators of electricity that provide electricity to the national grid; his views on the need to prioritise this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40592/20]

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1247 (116th)referred

Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a National Biodiversity Strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations.

United States · United States Congress · 2 December 2020

This resolution calls for the federal government to establish a National Biodiversity Strategy, which must include a goal of protecting at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters to conserve biodiversity and address climate change by 2030 and other goals necessary to reduce the threats to biodiversity.

Question· writtenPQ 161asked

161. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if information regarding the increase in the cost of certification through the Register of Gas Installers of Ireland as recommended by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40357/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

161. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if information regarding the increase in the cost of certification through the Register of Gas Installers of Ireland as recommended by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40357/20]

Question· writtenPQ 160asked

160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has undertaken any research or investigation into the alleged use of fake social media accounts or robots by political parties in Ireland; if so, the findings of such investigations and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40317/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has undertaken any research or investigation into the alleged use of fake social media accounts or robots by political parties in Ireland; if so, the findings of such investigations and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40317/20]

Question· writtenPQ 159asked

159. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to combat fly tipping and illegal dumping; if he has allocated funding to local authorities to combat same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40311/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

159. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to combat fly tipping and illegal dumping; if he has allocated funding to local authorities to combat same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40311/20]

Question· writtenPQ 158asked

158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and IT firms his Department has engaged to carry out work its behalf in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will summarise the work they were engaged to do and the full costs of the engagements; if disputes over costs ensued; if they were resolved with or without sanctions and-or financial penalties and-or withholding of funds; and if contracts are subject to legal challenge or mediation. [40209/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and IT firms his Department has engaged to carry out work its behalf in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will summarise the work they were engaged to do and the full costs of the engagements; if disputes over costs ensued; if they were resolved with or without sanctions and-or financial penalties and-or withholding of funds; and if contracts are subject to legal challenge or mediation. [40209/20]

Question· writtenPQ 157asked

157. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there will be further calls for funding from the scheme following the recent funding announcements for the midland counties, including County Longford, under the just transition programme in 2021, 2022 and 2023 through to at least 2025, as the region deserves sustained investment given that it will pay a heavy price in the move towards decarbonisation. [40176/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

157. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there will be further calls for funding from the scheme following the recent funding announcements for the midland counties, including County Longford, under the just transition programme in 2021, 2022 and 2023 through to at least 2025, as the region deserves sustained investment given that it will pay a heavy price in the move towards decarbonisation. [40176/20]

Question· writtenPQ 156asked

156. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the 400 kV Celtic interconnector will be placed underground along public roads in its entirety when this connection from France reaches Ireland in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40099/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

156. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the 400 kV Celtic interconnector will be placed underground along public roads in its entirety when this connection from France reaches Ireland in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40099/20]

Question· writtenPQ 155asked

155. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to provide additional resources or statutory powers to the Commission for Communications Regulation to deal with telecommunications, in particular in regard to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39926/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

155. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to provide additional resources or statutory powers to the Commission for Communications Regulation to deal with telecommunications, in particular in regard to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39926/20]

Question· writtenPQ 154asked

154. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the position regarding the issuing of Eircodes, particularly to new housing developments, will be clarified; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in issuing Eircodes to newly built and recently occupied houses is an impediment to the provision of broadband, as all broadband providers have a requirement for an Eircode before they will provide a service; if arrangements will be made to expedite the issue of Eircodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39917/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

154. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the position regarding the issuing of Eircodes, particularly to new housing developments, will be clarified; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in issuing Eircodes to newly built and recently occupied houses is an impediment to the provision of broadband, as all broadband providers have a requirement for an Eircode before they will provide a service; if arrangements will be made to expedite the issue of Eircodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39917/20]

Question· writtenPQ 153asked

153. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered the introduction of a grant scheme for renewable energy systems for new builds, similar to the existing Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, grants available for existing households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39796/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

153. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered the introduction of a grant scheme for renewable energy systems for new builds, similar to the existing Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, grants available for existing households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39796/20]

Question· writtenPQ 152asked

152. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current level of energy produced from offshore windfarms; the projected level of energy that will be produced from offshore windfarms in each year from 2020 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39780/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

152. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current level of energy produced from offshore windfarms; the projected level of energy that will be produced from offshore windfarms in each year from 2020 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39780/20]

Question· writtenPQ 150asked

150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of State investment planned for investment in offshore wind energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39778/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of State investment planned for investment in offshore wind energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39778/20]

Question· writtenPQ 149asked

149. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of works to be done on the wall along the river in Ballylooby, Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39699/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

149. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of works to be done on the wall along the river in Ballylooby, Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39699/20]

Question· writtenPQ 148asked

148. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to bring forward a second round of the amnesty for the collection of old tyres dumped illegally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020

148. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to bring forward a second round of the amnesty for the collection of old tyres dumped illegally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/20]

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