Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

181. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which revenue raised from the large energy-user rebalancing subvention was used to subsidise large energy users; the criteria that were used to determine if a company was a large energy user; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49612/22]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

182. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the large energy-user rebalancing subvention was calculated and levied on domestic electricity bills; the way in which the subvention was calculated and paid to large energy users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49613/22]

Energy Conservation

Jackie Cahill

183. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a house built in 2005 with an MPRN from 2006 can qualify for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland funding under the better energy warmer homes scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49701/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brian Stanley

184. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way that the electricity credit will be paid to those in multi-developments, for example, apartment blocks and mobile home sites, when there is one meter with a MPRN. [49741/22]

Departmental Funding

Noel Grealish

185. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the funding allocations for the Western Lakes draft management plan for loughs Corrib, Mask, Carra, Conn, Cullin, Arrow and Sheelin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49769/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Sorca Clarke

186. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consideration will be given to providing the proposed €600 energy credit to those living off-grid and fuelling their own generators for electricity supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49796/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Bruton

187. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has put restrictions on the work of obligated entities to support household energy upgrades; if he will identify these; and the reason that he has introduced those restrictions, particularly at a time when the European Union has demanded urgent and immediate reductions in energy use which can be most easily achieved by shallow measures. [49825/22]

EU Directives

Darren O'Rourke

188. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount Ireland has been fined to date for the failure to fully transpose the European Electronic Communications Code within the required timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49834/22]

Budget 2023

Colm Burke

189. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if local community centres will be included in the €600 energy credits announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49890/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Darren O'Rourke

190. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will bring forward a cybersecurity Bill. [49992/22]

Public Service Obligation

Rose Conway-Walsh

191. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total amount collected through the PSO levy in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50044/22]

Departmental Schemes

Duncan Smith

192. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans, for which the regulations were signed in November 2021 to achieve the separate collection targets for plastic bottles in Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the European Council of 5 June 2019, will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50052/22]

Broadband Infrastructure

Marian Harkin

193. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline and date for the roll-out of broadband in an area (details supplied) of County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50060/22]

Grant Payments

Brendan Griffin

194. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland better energy grant requirement for a technical assessment to ensure that the home is heat-pump ready for heat-pump replacements will be removed in houses that already have a heat pump in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50115/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of public funds for domestic flights by Departments and bodies under their aegis. [50119/22]

Energy Policy

Thomas Pringle

196. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the procedures that ESB Networks has in place for distributing details of clean-export guarantee eligibility to each energy provider in respect of NC6 submitters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50131/22]

Energy Policy

Thomas Pringle

197. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide weekly figures for the number of NC6 forms that have been received to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50132/22]

Energy Policy

Thomas Pringle

198. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide weekly figures for the number of confirmations of clean-export guarantee eligibility that have been issued to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50133/22]

Energy Policy

Thomas Pringle

199. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of staff that ESB Networks has assigned to NC6 processing and issuing clean-export guarantee eligibility to providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50134/22]

Energy Policy

Thomas Pringle

200. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the remedies and penalties in the legislation establishing the clean-export guarantee scheme for non-compliance by energy providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50135/22]

Energy Policy

Patrick Costello

201. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the protections which will be extended to pay-as-you-go energy customers to prevent disconnections this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/22]

Energy Policy

Fergus O'Dowd

202. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a response will issue to serious concerns raised by a person (details supplied); if any policy can be added to the review framework for persons without electricity meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50158/22]

Natural Gas Imports

Michael Healy-Rae

203. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he can give an assurance that any of the gas coming into Ireland is not fracked gas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50164/22]

Energy Policy

Ged Nash

204. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that householders and bill payers in a development (details supplied) have not received the energy credit and appear to remain outside of the current eligibility criteria for the scheme; his plans to address this matter on a policy basis; if a mechanism is being developed to retrospectively provide credit to such householders who did not obtain the benefit of the previous credit round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50169/22]

Departmental Projects

Jennifer Whitmore

205. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update in relation to the Avoca remediation project; the projected funding that will be provided in view of Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50174/22]

Energy Policy

Willie O'Dea

206. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that not every household will receive the energy credits promised given that electricity supply companies allocate the credit per MPRN number and those in rented apartments that share an MPRN also have to share the electricity credit; his plans to ensure that every household benefits fully from the energy credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50180/22]

Energy Conservation

Alan Farrell

207. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of contracting companies that are awaiting entry into the "One Stop Shop" under the home energy upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50218/22]

Energy Conservation

Alan Farrell

208. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that have been approved for a home energy upgrade under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50219/22]

Energy Conservation

Alan Farrell

209. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of the projects approved under the home energy upgrade the average grant awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50220/22]

Energy Conservation

Alan Farrell

210. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of the projects approved under the home energy grade the type of grant upgrade that has been requested more than others under the home energy upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50221/22]

Energy Conservation

Alan Farrell

211. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a loan guarantee scheme to support access to finance for retrofitting has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50222/22]

Energy Policy

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

212. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the process by which the feed-in tariff for the microgeneration support scheme is set; his view on whether the Regulator should have a role in setting prices; his further views on whether income from the power generated should be taxed given the imperative to bring more households into the scheme and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50256/22]

Departmental Properties

Holly Cairns

213. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under his remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50339/22]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

122. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Kehoe

123. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the Communities Energy Grant ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49140/22]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Kehoe

124. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if all applications currently submitted for the Communities Energy Grants will be evaluated and granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49141/22]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Kehoe

125. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans for a new scheme to replace the Communities Energy Grant in the case that the grant ceases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49142/22]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Kehoe

126. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that a Communities Energy Grant application by a company (details supplied) has not been processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49143/22]

Departmental Contracts

Mick Barry

127. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49164/22]

Departmental Bodies

Michael Ring

128. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of employees in each; the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49184/22]

Energy Conservation

Bríd Smith

129. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that have had energy efficiency work completed since 2015 by scheme (details supplied); and the projected and planned totals for the coming years to 2030, in tabular form. [49199/22]

Energy Conservation

Bríd Smith

130. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if new rules criteria are being applied for part-funded schemes operated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for home-energy efficiency grants, namely that recipients must have a pre-and post-work BER rating, that applicants must pay the full costs of any work up-front prior to the SEAI subsequently dispensing funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49200/22]

Energy Conservation

Bríd Smith

131. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applicants who are currently awaiting approval for work for each of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland home-energy grants schemes; including one-stop-shop services, part-funded schemes and fully-funded schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49201/22]

Inland Fisheries

Michael Ring

132. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that he has taken to deal with information which was submitted to his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49231/22]

Energy Policy

Marian Harkin

133. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if provision for electricity credits will be made for voluntary organisations (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49254/22]

Energy Conservation

Jackie Cahill

134. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if grants are available for the replacement of windows and doors in an old farmhouse to ensure it is weatherproof for the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49292/22]

Energy Policy

Ged Nash

135. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some eligible persons have not received their €200 electricity credit; the way that person will receive their entitlement under such circumstance (details supplied); the status of his plans to rectify such issues in advance of future electric credit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49311/22]

Energy Policy

Colm Burke

136. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm that the €600 energy credit is to be paid in instalments will be paid to prepay and pay-as-you-go customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49358/22]

Energy Policy

Róisín Shortall

137. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if persons with multiple homes, including non-principal private residence and holiday homes and so on will be eligible for the recently announced €600 energy credit for each of those homes; if he will provide a clear breakdown of all property categories to receive the €600 energy credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49394/22]

Energy Conservation

Bernard Durkan

138. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a warmer homes conservation heating grant will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49439/22]

Energy Conservation

Bernard Durkan

139. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a warmer homes grant will be allocated in the name of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49448/22]

Departmental Communications

Michael McNamara

51. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number and cost of each website that falls under his remit; the number of unique visitors per month to each website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48714/22]

Local Authorities

Michael McNamara

52. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has issued a directive or guidance to local authorities in respect of festive lights being erected in towns and cities across Ireland during the forthcoming Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48715/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael McNamara

53. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48733/22]

Waste Management

Chris Andrews

54. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that have been carried out to remove man-made waste from the rivers Liffey, Tolka and Dodder in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48755/22]

Waste Management

Chris Andrews

55. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are measures in place along the rivers Liffey, Tolka and Dodder to prevent rubbish and general waste entering into Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48756/22]

Energy Prices

Niamh Smyth

56. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to standing charges on electricity bills will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48771/22]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

57. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the further retrofitting funding measures that are included for Approved Housing Bodies in Budget 2023. [48788/22]

Wind Energy Generation

Michael Lowry

58. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department conducted a feasibility study regarding the reopening of Derrybrien windfarm considering that this windfarm is able to provide additional power into the national grid within a matter of weeks once recommissioned; the additional measures that are being taken to alleviate the risk of electrical blackouts or controlled grid shutdown this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48790/22]

Energy Policy

Mick Barry

59. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider taking steps to ensure that those gas and electricity customers who have pay-as-you-go meters will not have their electricity or gas cut off this winter and therefore avail of the moratorium on disconnections; the consultation that his Department has had with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48797/22]

Energy Prices

Mairéad Farrell

60. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the date that the first electricity credit will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48825/22]

Electricity Generation

Michael Healy-Rae

61. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 28 September 2022, if a response will issue to same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48830/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

62. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme; the capital, current and total 2022 budget allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 Revised Estimates for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 March Supplementary Estimates for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation. [48837/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

63. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for residential and community retrofit programmes; the capital, current and total 2022 budget allocation for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 Revised Estimates for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the March Supplementary Estimates 2022 for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation. [48838/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

64. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the 2023 Budget allocations for each programme under subhead B4. [48839/22]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

65. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of the 13,800 homes forecasted to be brought to a building energy rating of B2 as part of the Budget 2023 allocation will be delivered under the better energy warmer homes scheme, the better energy homes scheme, the community energy grant scheme and the national home energy upgrade scheme; and the average cost of bringing homes to a BER of B2 for each of the schemes that has been used to underpin the overall target B2 output of 13,800. [48840/22]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of the 6,000 target free upgrades under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland energy poverty scheme announced as part of the Budget 2023 allocation are forecasted to be brought to a building energy rating of B2. [48841/22]

Building Energy Rating

Darren O'Rourke

67. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of bringing a home to a BER of B2 under the better energy warmer homes scheme in 2022, inclusive of VAT. [48842/22]

Departmental Investigations

Michael Ring

68. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an investigation which was carried out on a board (details supplied) has been completed; if so, the outcome of the investigation; if he will provide a copy of the investigation to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48862/22]

Energy Prices

Catherine Connolly

69. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he will provide details of any engagement that he or his Department has had with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities with regard to the classification of customers as urban domestic customers or rural domestic customers; the methodology used in this classification; if he will provide details of any engagement that he or his Department has had with the CRU, or energy providers, concerning the reason that rural domestic customers pay higher standing charges than urban domestic customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48915/22]

Departmental Contracts

Bríd Smith

70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such contracts since 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48996/22]

Energy Prices

Ged Nash

71. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average household energy bill expected in 2022; the estimated energy bill for a household in 2023; the analysis that his Department has carried out to determine this; if he will publish that analysis; if he will confirm the rationale that informed the decision to set the credit at €600; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49032/22]

Energy Prices

Ged Nash

72. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the €600 energy credits will be funded in 2022 and 2023; the spending programme through which these funds will be transmitted; if there will be supplementary estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49033/22]

Energy Prices

Ged Nash

73. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there will be measures this winter to claw-back the energy credit from those with holiday homes and second or third properties; if any consideration has been given to a clawback mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49034/22]

Recycling Policy

Róisín Shortall

74. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if all his Department's buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure that the recycling of workplace waste is facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49101/22]

Energy Policy

Brendan Howlin

147. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure by legislation or other means that tenants in multi-unit apartment complexes or buildings each have the right to choose their own electricity supplier and be able to change supplier without reference to other apartment occupiers or to their landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47865/22]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Griffin

148. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied) regarding grants for heat pumps in new builds for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47949/22]

Building Regulations

John McGuinness

149. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the building regulation SR54 will be amended to allow external insulation to be provided on solid stone walls, thereby allowing the insulation to be grant-aided by the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48524/22]

Energy Policy

Ged Nash

150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his proposals for a windfall tax on energy companies in a scenario in which no agreement is reached at an European Union level; if such proposals will be included in the Finance Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48538/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

151. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that will be in place in future Government electricity credits to ensure persons who are on subsidiary meters, yet are paying bills on a full property, will be able to avail of the full grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47896/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of apartments and studios in larger buildings that are on subsidiary meters to the main electricity account and therefore not entitled to the full electricity credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47897/22]

Electricity Generation

Seán Canney

153. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the low price being paid to electricity microgenerators through the feed-in tariff (details supplied); if he will introduce a scheme in which microgenerators will be incentivised to supply electricity to their neighbours, given this would be subject to low transmission and distribution costs and would avoid a situation where electricity supplied from power stations via the grid is subject to losses of 7 to 8%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47903/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

154. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and Department staff for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [47912/22]

Electricity Generation

Neale Richmond

155. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on whether if incentives were to be introduced for microgeneration of electricity, more microgeneration would be encouraged and emissions and fossil fuel dependency would reduce; if he will consider this course of action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47971/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Chris Andrews

156. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the pension entitlements of a former employee (details supplied) of the Department of Post and Telegraphs. [48066/22]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Griffin

157. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide grant aid to homeowners to install radon barriers in older houses in areas with high levels of radon gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48124/22]

Climate Action Plan

Patricia Ryan

158. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details of the projects that are being delivered under the just transition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48141/22]

Departmental Policies

Eoin Ó Broin

159. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the proposal in the European Citizens’ Initiative (2021) 000004 to ban fossil fuel ads. [48164/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Robert Troy

160. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will approve the 2% pay rise for An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48189/22]

Energy Infrastructure

Catherine Murphy

161. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to advance a district heating system in the city of Dublin; and his plans to legislate for a role for the climatic research unit in the context of existing district heating systems. [48192/22]

Departmental Staff

Sorca Clarke

162. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the whole-term equivalent staff by job title working in the geological survey division of his Department as of 1 January 2021 and 27 September 2022, in tabular form; the number of vacancies currently in this division; and when will these vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [48244/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

James Lawless

163. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48370/22]

Energy Policy

Martin Browne

164. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm that no household will have their electricity turned off by their energy provider this winter (details supplied). [48406/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Duncan Smith

165. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a pension entitlement for former workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48444/22]

Electricity Supply Board

Ged Nash

166. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected dividend from the ESB in 2022 and 2023, respectively; if he has sought a specific figure from the ESB for windfall profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/22]

National Broadband Plan

Carol Nolan

167. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide the details of the funding his Department has allocated to date for the delivery of the national broadband plan; the projected expenditure required to fund the plan for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48256/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

168. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total capital funding provided for his Department in 2022, broken down by programme; the expenditure profile at the end of September 2022 on each programme; if there is likely to be an underspend in any particular area; the reason for such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48601/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

169. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a subhead breakdown of the €513 million allocated to the energy transformation programme in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48603/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

170. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a subhead breakdown of the €143 million allocated to the climate action and environment leadership programme in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48604/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

171. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a subhead breakdown of the €110 million allocated to the circular economy development programme in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48605/22]