Parliamentary questions

Inland Fisheries

Sorca Clarke

58. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of inland fishing licences that were applied for by county in each of the years 2019 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the associated income from each. [35139/21]

National Broadband Plan

James Lawless

59. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will examine a situation in which an area (details supplied) is having broadband difficulties given that improvements to the service have now been postponed until 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35326/21]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

60. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 16 June 2021, the breakdown for the current costs associated with administering the Just Transition Fund and to account for source of the funding for the Just Transition Fund of 29 mentioned. [35544/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Alan Dillon

77. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a property (details supplied) cannot avail of high speed broadband; when the area is due to be surveyed; the way he plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34233/21]

Recycling Policy

Neale Richmond

78. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the roll-out of a deposit return system for plastic bottles and aluminium cans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34289/21]

Recycling Policy

John Brady

79. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of recycling centres have decided to stop accepting soft plastics and bulky items for recycling from the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34303/21]

Recycling Policy

John Brady

80. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of soft plastic that is generated in Ireland each year; the reason it is no longer recycled in recycling centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34304/21]

National Broadband Plan

Cormac Devlin

81. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the provision of fibre broadband under the national broadband plan to Adelaide Street, Dún Laoghaire and in particular a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34434/21]

Departmental Surveys

Cormac Devlin

82. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when it is expected that the eastern coastline of Ireland will be surveyed as part of the recently announced ObSERVE II programme; if this work will involve local authorities; if these findings will be publicly available; if so, when they will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34435/21]

Departmental Schemes

Neale Richmond

83. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline of the proposed feed-in tariff for 2021; when he expects it to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34529/21]

Departmental Functions

Marian Harkin

84. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role his Department has in the provision of public street lighting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34662/21]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Griffin

85. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when works under the warmer homes scheme will be carried out at the home of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34664/21]

Electricity Transmission Network

Seán Canney

86. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the scheme to pay microgenerators for electricity exported to the national grid will be operational; the measures that are in place to ensure that accurate records are kept of the quantity of electricity being exported from the microgeneration units to the grid from 1 July 2020 in order that they can get compensated properly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34725/21]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

87. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34853/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

88. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34870/21]

Telecommunications Services

Richard Bruton

89. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a physical phone directory is still available to persons who request one; and if not, the provision made for access offline. [34934/21]

Electricity Supply Board

Michael Healy-Rae

90. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason for ESB charges for rural dwellers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34975/21]

Departmental Funding

Jennifer Whitmore

91. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will reopen the Climate Action Fund to nature-based projects applying for funding under the scheme; if he will be updating criteria to include nature-based solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35005/21]

Departmental Funding

Jennifer Whitmore

92. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he anticipates the next round of funding to be made available through the Climate Action Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35006/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Robert Troy

184. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a property (details supplied) will be able to avail of efibre broadband. [34003/21]