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Energy Conservation
Eoin Ó Broin
188. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the de-risking of a low-cost residential retrofit loan scheme; and the proposed eligibility criteria for beneficiaries. [30830/21]
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Energy Conservation
Sorca Clarke
189. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered making low-cost loans available to families who wish to retrofit their homes. [30850/21]
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Departmental Expenditure
Carol Nolan
190. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30864/21]
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Departmental Reviews
Carol Nolan
191. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30881/21]
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Litter Pollution
Catherine Murphy
192. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount granted and-or drawn down in the context of the additional €5 million fund established to tackle littering, by each local authority, in tabular form; the heading under which each application was made (details supplied). [30913/21]
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Litter Pollution
Catherine Murphy
193. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount granted to each local authority in respect of anti-littering, clean-up and recycling initiatives in the past five years to date, in tabular form. [30914/21]
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Renewable Energy Generation
Christopher O'Sullivan
194. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if approval will be given for the unit price for the export of solar units to the national grid in relation to the young farmers initiative for the installation of solar photo voltaic panels to promote green energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31003/21]
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National Broadband Plan
Rose Conway-Walsh
195. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the target set for the number of premises passed and available for connection in County Mayo in 2021 under the National Broadband Plan; the number of premises passed and available for connection in 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31124/21]
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Energy Conservation
Robert Troy
196. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the launch of an updated SEAI retrofit scheme. [31222/21]
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Postal Services
Paul Kehoe
197. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding a request by a union (details supplied) for funding for An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31238/21]
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Energy Conservation
Darren O'Rourke
198. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes retrofitted in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form on each retrofitting programme; the spend to date on each scheme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31256/21]
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Departmental Websites
Holly Cairns
199. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31282/21]
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Departmental Websites
Holly Cairns
200. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31300/21]
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Waste Management
Holly Cairns
201. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 12 May 2021, the way his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical incontinence wear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31323/21]
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Litter Pollution
Holly Cairns
202. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 12 May 2021, the amount allocated to each local authority from the €5 million additional funding for litter prevention and cleaning announced on 5 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31324/21]
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National Broadband Plan
Holly Cairns
203. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in Cork city and county; the number of premises in Cork city and county that are now connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31325/21]
Tue, 15 Jun 2021
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Environmental Policy
Martin Browne
204. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures being taken to improve the traceability of stolen scrap metal with particular reference to catalytic converters; if businesses have alerted his office in relation to being offered such items as catalytic converters for purchase; if there has been an increase in those alerts recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31427/21]
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National Broadband Plan
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
205. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will include areas such as Rathmichael, Old Connaught, Bride’s Glen, Ballycorus and Shankill in the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31442/21]
Tue, 15 Jun 2021
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Environmental Policy
Jackie Cahill
206. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the value of the levy per tonne paid on farm plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31453/21]
Tue, 15 Jun 2021
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Environmental Policy
Jackie Cahill
207. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the tonnage the levy paid on farm plastics is paid on from 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31454/21]