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Environmental Policy
Thomas Gould
150. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding that is available to local authorities seeking to improve air quality. [1943/22]
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Environmental Policy
Thomas Gould
151. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a ban on all smoky fuels. [1944/22]
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Mining Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
152. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the local community in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal at plans for gold mining in the area; and if he will provide an update on the current licence application for his decision. [1956/22]
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Bord na Móna
Denis Naughten
153. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that 15 Bord na Móna staff at Mount Dillon, County Longford were laid off despite funding being provided to employ staff to rehabilitate bogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1979/22]
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Energy Prices
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
154. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the scheme to be known as the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme to credit all domestic electricity customers with €100 in 2022; when this rebate will be given to electricity customers to offset rising energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1968/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
155. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the day ahead market accounts for over 80% of volumes in the single electricity market and is the key wholesale electricity price benchmark in Ireland. [2043/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
156. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dispatchable generators such as gas and coal-fired plant offer in their power to the day ahead market, in price-quantity pairs with escalating price levels for various proportions of their generating capacity; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the maximum offer price in these price-quantity pairs is an important parameter in these bids given that it may either set or contribute to setting the day ahead market price. [2044/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
157. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ESB owned plants of Aghada, Coolkeeragh, Poolbeg and Dublin Bay are amongst the most efficient gas-fired electricity generating stations in Ireland and as such are key to the delivery of reliable and low-cost electricity to Irish consumers. [2045/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
158. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that plants (details supplied) significantly increased their maximum offer prices in July and September 2021 [2046/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
159. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the trading strategy of the ESB for generating plants (details supplied); and his views on whether it is appropriate in the context of the secure delivery of fair priced power to Irish consumers. [2049/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
160. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he requested the Commission for Regulation of Utilities or another party to undertake an analysis of the impact of the bidding behaviour of the ESB in Q3 of 2021 (details supplied) [2050/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
161. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the impact of the bidding behaviour of the ESB (details supplied) on Irish consumers. [2051/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
162. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he requested the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to examine the extent of the market power of the ESB in the single electricity market and the degree to which it is negatively affecting Irish consumers. [2052/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
163. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to act to reduce the extent of the market power of the ESB in the single electricity market, for example, by requiring it to sell generation plant or to prohibit it from bidding to build new dispatchable generation plants. [2053/22]
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Energy Prices
Barry Cowen
164. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason for his assertion that the generator bidding behaviour of the ESB does not bear responsibility for a material proportion of the cost rises. [2054/22]
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Mining Industry
Violet-Anne Wynne
165. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Government’s position on the environmental damage caused by mining industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2072/22]
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Mining Industry
Violet-Anne Wynne
166. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the deadline for objections has been extended in relation to the prospective mining licence for a company (details supplied) as per the emergency motion passed on 10 January 2022 by Clare County Council. [2074/22]
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Mining Industry
Violet-Anne Wynne
167. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that mining activity is a significant producer of greenhouse gasses; his position on the fact that the granting of mining licences is then counterproductive to the climate action objectives and targets of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2075/22]
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Mining Industry
Violet-Anne Wynne
168. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the environmental impact statement conducted prior to publishing the announcement to grant a licence to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2117/22]
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National Broadband Plan
Matt Carthy
169. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of connections made in each county and in each month of 2021 under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2136/22]