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Question· writtenPQ 331asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020
331. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new guidelines regarding wind energy will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44285/20]
Question· writtenPQ 258asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020
258. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the time frame for enacting policy on fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44490/20]
Question· writtenPQ 250asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020
250. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will allow Bord Na Móna to collect and segregate used timber to be used as biomass for power generation as is happening in other jurisdictions. [44374/20]
Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020
249. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department developed a comprehensive policy on the use of biomass for generating power. [44373/20]
Record· debate2020-12-16published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
33rd Dáil
Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
59. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to explore the potential for offshore wind farms in north County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44078/20]
Record· debate2020-12-15published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
Select Committee on Climate Action
Question· writtenPQ 468asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
468. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if there are age limits in Ireland on the consumption of energy drinks which can contain concentrated amounts of caffeine or other stimulants; if not, if there are plans to introduce age limits for energy drinks for those under 16 years of age as is the case in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43031/20]
Question· writtenPQ 143asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
143. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the time frame for phasing out of BER F-G in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42965/20]
Question· writtenPQ 40asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2020
40. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn by Eirgrid of the level of capital investment required to improve the grid system over the period to 2030 given the fact that in scenarios in Eirgrid’s document, Tomorrow's Energy, it identifies grid investment as either high or very high across the country; the way in which this level of investment is being provided for; the level of detail available to his Department from Eirgrid regarding the exact locations in which this investment is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42469/20]
Question· writtenPQ 39asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2020
39. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide data on the better energy warmer homes scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; the average waiting times per county from when an application is made to the scheme and when an SEAI engineer approves the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42391/20]
Question· writtenPQ 807asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
807. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the interest of public health and safety, he will detail the incident which occurred on 22 November 2020 on the foreshore at the Marine Institute and SEAI’s Renewable Energy quarter scale test site in Galway Bay, when an upright installation at the test site appeared to fall over and required to be recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41356/20]
Question· writtenPQ 700asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
700. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the details of the tenders for the supply of electricity, gas and other sources of energy to buildings under the control of his Department and the Health Service Executive; the financial value; the start and end dates; the amount and type of energy supplied in the five largest contracts by value; and if green procurement such as the level of greenhouse gas emissions featured in the awarding criteria. [41895/20]
Question· writtenPQ 297asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
297. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is planned to provide planning permission exemptions for the installation of solar photovoltaic rooftop panels on community school and community buildings as well as amending the regulations pertaining to same on houses and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42098/20]
Question· writtenPQ 264asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
264. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to progress legislation in order to amend Statutory Instrument SI No. 83 of 2007 in order that schools and community buildings can be exempted from having to apply for planning permission to install solar photovoltaic panels on rooftops; his plans to introduce further legislative amendments to lift the limits that currently exist on solar installation for houses and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42502/20]
Question· writtenPQ 263asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
263. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the amendments to SI No. 83 of 2007 for rooftop solar installations to be exempted from planning permission, as promised by the end of 2019, will be introduced; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42222/20]
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2020
112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, in the interest of public health and safety, he will detail the incident which occurred on the foreshore on 22 November 2020 at the Marine Institute and SEAI’s Renewable Energy quarter scale test site in Galway Bay, in which an upright installation at the test site appeared to fall over and required to be recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41355/20]
Question· writtenPQ 37asked
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 153asked
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
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 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
151. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans for State owned offshore wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39779/20]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
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 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
167. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the findings of the multi-agency group established to review the slide of Meenbog bog, County Donegal, as a result of the construction of wind turbines in the area will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39456/20]
Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2020
31. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of renewable energy in kWh and the corresponding retail value of this renewable energy that was dispatched down due to constraints and curtailment on the energy network in each of the past four years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38941/20]
Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2020
30. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 26 and 27 of 4 November 2020, the financial implications or fines arising from the failure of Ireland to meet Regulation (EU) No. 994/2010 from 1 January 2021 on the security of gas supply, which requires member states to comply with the N-1 formula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38914/20]
Question· writtenPQ 330asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
330. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a recent peat slippage near a windfarm (details supplied) in County Donegal; the way in which this will be investigated and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37840/20]
Question· writtenPQ 191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
191. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to replace the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty in Ireland 2016-2019 with a new strategy. [38226/20]
Question· writtenPQ 190asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
190. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans that exist to support LNG import terminals in the State; the departmental policy towards fracking and LNG terminals more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38161/20]
Question· writtenPQ 189asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
189. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has discussed the long delays in the processing of application forms under the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme with the SEAI and the effect this is having on vulnerable persons; the reason the SEAI gave for these delays despite the strong emphasis on home energy efficiency upgrades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38154/20]
Question· writtenPQ 188asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
188. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has calculated the additional energy requirement and additional electricity requirement on the national grid if the targets for electric vehicles are met; the way in which he plans to meet that additional requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38134/20]
Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
187. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on whether it is possible to power the national energy grid from entirely renewable energy sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38133/20]
Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
179. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37765/20]
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
112. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the arrangements which have and are being made to ensure that priority access to legal drafters is assigned to the marine planning legislation without which the development of offshore renewable energy will be held back; and if he will outline a timed roadmap for its presentation for consideration by the Houses of the Oireachtas. [37955/20]
Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
71. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps which remain to be completed in order to sign the new guidelines for renewable generation at windfarms; and if he will set a deadline for when they will enter force. [37956/20]
Question· writtenPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2020
88. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No.236 of 10 November 2020, if Ros an Mhíl harbour is amongst those considered as a regional harbour in the response; if it is being included in any discussions or planning in relation to the marine renewable energy industry in view of the fact it is ideally positioned to service marine renewables on the western seaboard; the role he envisages for the harbour in regards to the marine renewable industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37526/20]
Question· writtenPQ 44asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2020
44. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the upgrade of domestic meters to smart meters is compulsory; the alternative meters available to customers whose meters are at the end of their life and due for replacement if they do not wish to have a smart meter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37269/20]
Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
187. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if the income limit will be increased to allow for more home energy efficiency upgrades in low-income households using carbon tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/20]
Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
180. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes on the waiting list in counties Longford and Westmeath for the better energy warmer homes scheme. [36392/20]
Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
174. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the projections for gas imports in the next decade; the main source of gas imported here; if the use of indigenous resources has been considered as opposed to imported gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36178/20]
Question· writtenPQ 171asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
171. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider extending the operation of Moneypoint power station beyond the proposed closure date of 2025 to enhance the energy security of Ireland into the future; the consideration being given to converting electricity generating methods from coal to a more sustainable energy source in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36310/20]
Question· writtenPQ 195asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
195. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when new wind energy guidelines will be issued to planning authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35830/20]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
106. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35824/20]
Question· writtenPQ 44asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
44. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to ensure that fishing communities are consulted on the development of any offshore wind energy projects and the way the principles of a just transition will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35748/20]
Question· writtenPQ 297asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
297. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance if the increase in the carbon tax has been subject to a human rights and equality impact assessment as required under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 with particular consideration for the vulnerability of members of the Travelling community to energy and transport poverty, particularly those living in very poor quality and or substandard housing and caravans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35172/20]
Question· writtenPQ 245asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
245. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the extent of development and research in biofuels with a view to utilisation as a replacement for fossil fuels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35416/20]
Question· writtenPQ 238asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
238. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which alternative non-fossil energy currently fuels electricity generation in Ireland; his plans for the future in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35408/20]
Question· writtenPQ 236asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the harbours that are considered suitable or relevant to the development of marine resources along the west coast of Ireland in view of the fact that the area is being viewed as an area that may be suitable for the development of marine renewables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35339/20]
Question· writtenPQ 235asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the steps being taken to assess and develop the capacity to construct and support marine based renewable energy projects here with regard to the required harbour and associated facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35338/20]
Question· writtenPQ 228asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
228. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if he will review the process and guidelines for external wall insulation given that grants are being provided for same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35258/20]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
219. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department is on track to facilitate allowing persons sell excess power back to the grid by June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35158/20]