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Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Energy Usage
Eoin Ó Broin
60. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage change in demand for gas in all sectors, including electricity generation, residential, and industrial and commercial, broken down by retail, construction, laundry, leisure, air travel, data centres, pharma, hospitals, and any other key sectors, for the year 2022, in tabular form. [15629/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Measures
Eoin Ó Broin
184. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline in tabular form what steps for the preparation and proposal of new legislation in the Cabinet Handbook were adhered to, and not adhered to, with regard to the Environmental Protection Agency (Amendment) Bill 2023. [15268/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Climate Change Policy
Eoin Ó Broin
162. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider developing a code of practice to assist State bodies to comply with the obligations under section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 as amended by the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021. [14579/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Legislative Reviews
Eoin Ó Broin
176. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a post-enactment review has been completed for each piece of legislation passed by his Department from 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [14577/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Data Centres
Eoin Ó Broin
157. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how he first became aware that growth in 'Islanded' data centres could result in security of supply risk being transferred from electricity to gas supply; the person or body that made him aware and when. [12247/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Official Engagements
Eoin Ó Broin
158. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he plans to publish his ministerial diary for the period since February 2022; and if he will undertake to publish them monthly going forward. [12248/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Environmental Schemes
Eoin Ó Broin
159. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the SEAI will have final figures for the number of and amount of funding for heating systems upgrades installed, broken down by heat source, including from fossil fuel such as oil and gas, and electric heat pump and so on for the warmer homes scheme and warmth and wellbeing scheme in 2022, in tabular form. [12250/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Reports
Eoin Ó Broin
194. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish the ministerial accountability framework referred to in his opening statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate on 13 September 2022. [13365/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Climate Action Plan
Eoin Ó Broin
195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on Action RE/23/19 in the Climate Action Plan Annex of Action. [13366/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Climate Action Plan
Eoin Ó Broin
196. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount transferred to the fund manager of the Climate Action Fund for emissions from official air travel pursuant to Circular 01/2020, broken down by each Department for each of the years 2020-2023, in tabular form. [13367/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Energy Infrastructure
Eoin Ó Broin
197. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that were connected to the fossil gas grid fin each of the years 2019-2023, in tabular form. [13370/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Energy Infrastructure
Eoin Ó Broin
198. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of non-daily metered businesses that were connected to the fossil gas grid for each of the years 2019-2023, in tabular form. [13371/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Energy Infrastructure
Eoin Ó Broin
199. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of daily metered businesses that were connected to the fossil gas grid for each of the years 2019-2023, in tabular form. [13372/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Energy Infrastructure
Eoin Ó Broin
200. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of community heating schemes that were connected to the fossil gas grid for each of the years 2019-2023, in tabular form; and the number of apartments associated with those schemes. [13373/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Data Centres
Eoin Ó Broin
201. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number and location of islanded data centres currently operating. [13374/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Data Centres
Eoin Ó Broin
202. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number and location of islanded data centres proposed but not yet operating. [13375/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Public Sector Pensions
Eoin Ó Broin
55. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm that he received a request for a pension increase in 2022 (details supplied); if the request has been considered; and if he will confirm a timeframe in which a decision will be provided. [11713/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Energy Policy
Eoin Ó Broin
175. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a service operated by a company that previously worked in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to reports that users of the service who do not wish to continue with a new paid, private subscription have requested their original heating controls be reinstated, but have been refused this by the company; and if he will outline the options open to them to pursue a satisfactory resolution. [11098/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Energy Policy
Eoin Ó Broin
165. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how the 2009 special dividend from ESB worth €176 million, following windfall profit due to the sale of generating plan to a company (details supplied), was allocated to different large energy users; if all LEUs benefitted equally; if some LEUs benefitted more than others; and if he will outline the value of the highest benefit, lowest benefit, average benefit, and median benefit that was received by a large energy user, in tabular form. [9296/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Energy Policy
Eoin Ó Broin
71. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way the large energy user rebalancing subvention was compliant with EU state aid rules. [6081/23]