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Thu, 27 Jan 2022
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National Broadband Plan
David Cullinane
160. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the options available regarding broadband at a location (details supplied); the status of the implementation of the National Broadband Plan; the steps his Department has taken in relation to full capacity fibre-to-the-cabinet broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4109/22]
Thu, 27 Jan 2022
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Renewable Energy Generation
Paul Kehoe
161. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding that is available for domestic solar panels; when funding will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4147/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Réada Cronin
34. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the tendering process used by his Department for State contracts granted in relation to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic; the name of each company, the services involved; the amount paid to each company in each of the relevant years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4229/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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North-South Interconnector
Pauline Tully
168. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a reply will issue regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the north south interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3234/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Energy Conservation
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
169. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment; Climate and Communications the efforts he is taking to address the long waiting list for the SEAI warmer homes grant; the extent to which Covid-19 has impacted on the waiting list for retrofitting of homes; if there are plans to reduce the 24-month waiting list for grant works to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2931/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Broadband Infrastructure
Patricia Ryan
170. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when high-speed broadband will be available in the Walterstown, Nurney area of County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2968/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Broadband Infrastructure
Patricia Ryan
171. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when high-speed broadband will be available in the Ellistown area of County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2969/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Energy Production
Michael Ring
172. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the hydrogen strategy will be published; if persons will be able to make observations on this strategy; if persons have already been invited to make observations on the strategy; the way persons will get an opportunity to make observations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2979/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Electricity Generation
Bríd Smith
173. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Government approval in the November 2021 Policy statement on Electricity Supply (details supplied) does not include LNG terminals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2985/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Sustainable Energy Communities
Darren O'Rourke
174. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the Local Energy Assessment Fund funding for sustainable energy communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3063/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Cybersecurity Policy
David Stanton
175. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagement of his Department to date with other Departments and stakeholders regarding the enhancement of the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2280/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Energy Infrastructure
Pat Buckley
176. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of Ireland’s fuel security at Whitegate Oil Refinery east County Cork; if the industry is protected and preserved into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3130/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Energy Infrastructure
Pat Buckley
177. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or his Department has been in discussion with a company (details supplied) in County Cork to discuss preserving Ireland’s only oil refinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3131/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Energy Infrastructure
Pat Buckley
178. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland’s only oil refinery (details supplied) at Whitegate, east County Cork will be nationalised in the event of the refinery facing closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3132/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Angling Sector
Brendan Griffin
179. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a river (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reopened for salmon fishing in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3136/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Energy Policy
James O'Connor
180. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the additional measures his Department is undertaking to supply the expected demand for energy in Ireland over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3428/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Data Centres
James O'Connor
181. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on extending the ban on data centres to counties outside Dublin on a temporary basis following recent announcements on data centre restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3429/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Renewable Energy Generation
James O'Connor
182. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding the roll-out of the clean export premium; the date the required payment mechanism will be determined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3430/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Renewable Energy Generation
James O'Connor
183. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a targeted roll-out of sectoral specific grants for microgeneration of wind and solar for SMEs that consume large quantities of energy such as dairy farms and supermarkets as a method of reducing demand on the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3431/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
184. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3498/22]