Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Environmental Policy

Cian O'Callaghan

225. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider bringing forward legislation to regulate light pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19235/22]

Environmental Schemes

Seán Canney

226. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the deep retrofit scheme will be in place and ready for contractors to begin work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19240/22]

Environmental Schemes

Carol Nolan

227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the micro-generation support scheme will become operational allowing solar panel owners to receive payment for their contribution of residual energy to the national grid; the reason for the delay in the scheme becoming operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19244/22]

Environmental Schemes

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

228. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the timeline for proposed legislation to allow for electricity suppliers to credit persons on excess electricity produced by means such as solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19269/22]

State Bodies

Neale Richmond

229. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no one stop shops listed on the SEAI websites that the SEAI has stated that these will be available in a couple of weeks for some time now; if he will engage with the SEAI on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19272/22]

Electricity Generation

Christopher O'Sullivan

230. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that guidelines on the planning, design, construction and operation of small-scale hydroelectric schemes and fisheries are being used outside their intended scope; if there is a plan to update them in line with international best practice; if new guidelines for the remediation and mitigation of barriers to fish migration are likely to be developed in the near future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19273/22]

Environmental Impact Assessments

Cathal Crowe

231. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a plant (details supplied) will require an environmental impact assessment under the EIA Directive of the EU. [19276/22]

Waste Management

Richard Bruton

232. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will list the extended producer responsibility schemes that are in place for recovering waste material funded by a levy on the product put on the market; if he will list in respect of each the volume of material recovered in weight and the way that compares with the current volume of sales; if he will indicate in each case the level of the levy imposed to fund the operation; the outlets for the recovered material; and if he will provide the latest report on the operation of the respective schemes. [19287/22]

Environmental Schemes

Peter Burke

233. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the microgeneration scheme will be operational to allow for the payment of domestic supply to the national grid following the installation of smart meters in domestic settings with solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19309/22]

Wind Energy Generation

Matt Shanahan

234. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he expects that pylons will be erected and wind energy generated in a maritime area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19379/22]

Electricity Generation

Mattie McGrath

235. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when his Department will allow microgenerated electricity to be sold to the State; the reason for the delay regarding these plans given it was expected that microgenerated electricity could be sold to the State from January 2022; if those that installed renewable energy sources on the basis that they would be able to sell excess energy back to the State will be compensated; the reason that energy bills are no longer being credited for the energy being microgenerated in a home since the installation of smart meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19381/22]

Environmental Schemes

Mattie McGrath

236. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications waiting to be approved under the warmer homes scheme; the current average wait time for applications; the number of approvals per month in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of approvals in each of the past five years; the average cost per grant; the efforts that are being made to reduce the wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19387/22]

Environmental Schemes

James O'Connor

237. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 21 September 2021, the position regarding the micro-generation support scheme; if he will provide a timetable for the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19400/22]

Offshore Exploration

Seán Canney

238. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 22 March 2022, the reason that a licence (details supplied) is omitted from the list of offshore licensing extensions currently under consideration when the application for lease undertaking extension was submitted in April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/22]

Offshore Exploration

Seán Canney

239. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a licence (details supplied) in relation to existing authorisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19402/22]

Offshore Exploration

Seán Canney

240. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the lease undertaking for a licence (details supplied) will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19403/22]

Environmental Schemes

Michael Ring

241. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a matter regarding an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19428/22]

Wind Energy Generation

David Cullinane

242. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will advise on a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence in relation to windfarm developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19436/22]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

243. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the acceleration of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in 2022 to catch-up with the recently missed revised target of 60,000 homes by the end of January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19440/22]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

244. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that have been passed to date by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19441/22]