Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

EU Funding

Pádraig O'Sullivan

195. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the impact that the failure to make an application for funding made available by the European Commission under its REPowerEU initiative to help combat the energy crisis owing to the Ukrainian war is going to have on the Government’s ability to help households for the duration of this crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51458/22]

EU Funding

Pádraig O'Sullivan

196. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason for not making an application for the funding that was made available by the European Commission under REPowerEU to help combat the energy crisis as a result of the Ukrainian war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51459/22]

EU Funding

Pádraig O'Sullivan

197. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the requirement as referred to by his Department and the details of the European Union legislation which his Department claims is required to provide for funding under REPowerEU; the way in which this would prevent funding to the State, particularly in light of reports that such legislation is not required for either the biomethane or liquefied natural gas strands of REPowerEU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51460/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Darren O'Rourke

198. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total amount of installed solar photovoltaic capacity in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51472/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Marc MacSharry

199. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 8 September 2022, if he will clarify the reason An Post does not propose to comply with Paragraph 8 of DPER Circular 16/2021 in relation to the submission of its request for Ministerial approval of the 2% increase due to its pensioners from 1 January 2023 (details supplied); if he will ask An Post to undertake the necessary processing well in advance of the payment due date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51501/22]

Natural Gas Grid

Alan Dillon

200. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way that he intends to support the eight new Ireland gas-fired power plants with natural gas supplies from Ireland to protect us depending on imports, via Scotland or the European network which is already under pressure. [51548/22]

Natural Gas Grid

Alan Dillon

201. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will identify the location, backer, technology, megawatt output for the eight new gas-fired power plants and the stage of development for each development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51549/22]

Natural Gas Grid

Alan Dillon

202. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has determined the viability of gas reservoirs in nearby areas of the Mayo coast already licensed for exploration that have the potential to tie into Corrib Gas existing infrastructure allowing gas to be brought ashore with minimum disruption. [51550/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Peter Burke

203. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the supports that are available for commercial solar energy; if there are plans to increase these supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51552/22]

Energy Conservation

Bríd Smith

204. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to Question 131 of October 6 2022, if he will provide the actual timeframe for work being completed / commenced and the number of applicants awaiting the work to be done, as distinct from the approval time for any work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51573/22]

Energy Conservation

Michael Healy-Rae

205. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51671/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Francis Noel Duffy

206. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the backlog in credit awarded to solar panel holders who contribute electricity to the grid and if he can comment on the issue. [51764/22]

Departmental Staff

Paul Murphy

207. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a list of the names of each special advisor employed by his Department since 2015, the relevant Minister they worked under and the date that their employment with the Department/Minister ceased where applicable. [51778/22]

Departmental Schemes

Denis Naughten

208. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 9 September 2022, if he has received the final report of the independent analysis of the warmth and wellbeing scheme carried out by the London School of Tropical Medicine; if he will publish the report in advance of World COPD day on 16 November 2022 in light of the potentially significant global impact of this ground-breaking work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51851/22]

Fishing Industry

Brendan Griffin

209. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a matter (details supplied). [51876/22]

Building Energy Rating

Duncan Smith

210. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the grant for smart heating controls is reduced based on the BER rating of the dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51877/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Michael Healy-Rae

211. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that the Government is not looking at bio-mass technology as an option (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51886/22]

Enterprise Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

212. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will introduce a ban on advertising and sponsorships by fossil fuel companies; and if not, the reasons. [51961/22]

EU Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the maximum amount that was available to the State to apply for; and the reason that there was no application for the biomethane section of REPowerEU that has a budget of €35 billion. [51962/22]

Judicial Reviews

Catherine Murphy

177. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of judicial reviews taken against his Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he will indicate in the reply the body and or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and or active; and the totality of costs incurred by his Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50755/22]

Energy Policy

Mark Ward

178. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the provisions that are in place for residents who are using a coin meter for electricity to claim the energy credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50781/22]

Energy Policy

Louise O'Reilly

179. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a community group (details supplied) qualifies for an energy credit, or for any energy supports to help with the increased cost of energy bills. [50808/22]

Energy Policy

Neasa Hourigan

180. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to instances in relation to the electricity cost emergency benefit scheme where a unique MPRN meter is split into multiple meters across two or more units and the energy credit is then split between each unit, resulting in a lower payment per person and affecting often more vulnerable energy users in these circumstances; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50859/22]

Energy Policy

Neasa Hourigan

181. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to instances in relation to the electricity cost emergency benefit scheme where a landlord may have a single business meter for a property split between units as opposed to residential meters, resulting in no energy credit being passed onto the residents; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50860/22]

Departmental Reports

Michael Ring

182. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of a report (details supplied). [50928/22]

Energy Policy

Brendan Griffin

183. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the up-to-date position on the ban on smoky coal sales; the steps that retailers are expected to take with stock that remains unsold by the ban date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50977/22]

Energy Policy

Bernard Durkan

184. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if and when the appropriate warmer homes grant can be made available through Kildare County Council to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51055/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

5. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a schedule of the number of staff by grade who are assigned on a full-time basis to liaise and provide support to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union; and if he will provide a schedule of the services that his Department provides to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in that regard. [50448/22]

Fisheries Protection

John Paul Phelan

6. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the way that salmon catchment numbers were put together for the rivers Suir and Nore in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive; the way that the calculations were adjusted to take account of low water during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50471/22]

Fisheries Protection

John Paul Phelan

7. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will request the installation of a salmon counter on the River Suir at Carrick On Suir to ensure the accuracy of the number of salmon that go up the River Suir to spawn rather than depending on guesswork; if the number of salmon recorded in future will be based over a full calendar year using a counter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50472/22]

Fisheries Protection

John Paul Phelan

8. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will request the installation of a salmon counter on the River Nore at Inistiogue to ensure accuracy of the number of salmon that go up the River Nore to spawn rather than depending on guesswork; if the number of salmon that are recorded in future will be based over a full calendar year using a counter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50473/22]

Fisheries Protection

John Paul Phelan

9. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that representatives of the ancient and cultural tradition of snap net fishing will be included in the decision-making process in relation to the salmon catch that is allowed on the rivers Suir and Nore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50474/22]

Fisheries Protection

John Paul Phelan

10. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the way that the ancient tradition of snap net fishing that has been in place since the time of the Vikings will be protected into the future to ensure that the unique skills are not lost forever; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50475/22]

Budget 2023

Imelda Munster

11. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the mechanism by which full-time residents in mobile home parks who pay for electricity calculated by individual non-ESBN meters through their mobile home park operator will receive the three lump sum electricity account credits announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50498/22]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of prepaid gas meters for domestic household customers in the State; the number with each company. [50501/22]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of prepaid electricity meters for domestic household customers in the State; the breakdown of the number with each company. [50502/22]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

14. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amounts provided in hardship funds for each of the gas and electricity utility companies. [50503/22]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he raised the issue of extending the moratorium on disconnections to prepaid customers in his meetings with gas and electricity utility companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50504/22]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has explored ways to extend the disconnection moratorium to prepaid customers; the options explored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50505/22]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has explored the various barriers that exist for consumers to switch from prepay to credit meters; his views on a ban on exit fees or other financial penalties for persons wishing to switch from prepaid meters to credit meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50506/22]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if those who have agreed to take a prepaid meter as part of a process to pay down arrears on their electricity or gas accounts will be allowed to switch back to a credit meter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50507/22]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will support the waiving of the fee to change a gas meter from prepaid to credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50508/22]

Budget 2023

Carol Nolan

20. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if residents of caravan parks may access the full €200 reduction off their energy bills (details supplied); if so, the way in which they may apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50517/22]

Budget 2023

Carol Nolan

21. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the options for redress open to prepay customers who were not provided with the €200 reduction off energy bills allocated in April, May and June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50518/22]

Energy Prices

Robert Troy

22. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide clarity on the projected increase in gas power supply pricing over the coming 12-month period. [50526/22]

Departmental Bodies

Darren O'Rourke

23. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the establishment, membership and remit of the cross-departmental acceleration taskforces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50528/22]

National Broadband Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

24. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the European Commission definition of highspeed broadband; and the impact that this definition has on determining the intervention area for the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50535/22]

Departmental Data

Paul Murphy

25. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that he has put in place to stop companies from cutting off pay-as-you-go customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50565/22]

Energy Prices

Carol Nolan

26. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if churches and parishes halls will be able to avail of supports for the payment of their heating and energy costs under measures recently announced by Government, aimed at assisting those who may find themselves confronted with unsustainable energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50661/22]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

27. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the target number of attic and cavity wall insulation completions in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [50684/22]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

28. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of homes that require attic and cavity wall insulation upgrades. [50685/22]

Departmental Funding

Paul Kehoe

29. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount in the form of grants or direct funding that his Department or agencies under his Department's remit have provided to local environment networks, public participation networks that are categorised under the Environmental Pillar; if he will provide a list of those organisations that are in receipt of monies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50691/22]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

30. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a grant will be made available to those households upgrading to a wood pellet stove; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50696/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

175. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Josepha Madigan

176. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of proposals to provide an annual support towards the cost of bin charges for homes in which a family member uses incontinence pads, which results in additional costs for the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49509/22]

Crime Prevention

Emer Higgins

177. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the participation that his Department has in the National Metal Theft Forum, to develop a metal theft prevention and crime reduction plan, particularly in relation to catalytic converters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49514/22]

Grant Payments

Fergus O'Dowd

178. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the significant issues highlighted by a person (details supplied) in respect of access to solar photovoltaic grants through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland whereby houses that were originally due to be completed before the end of December 2020 but were delayed due to the impact of Covid-19 are subsequently ineligible; if the criteria can be reviewed for homes in this category; if he will outline the alternative avenues, if any, that can be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49516/22]

Grant Payments

Robert Troy

179. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland warmer homes grant under the fuel allowance scheme is awarded to a person (details supplied) without further delay. [49609/22]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

180. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount that the large energy-user rebalancing subvention raised in each year since its introduction; if this revenue was paid to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49611/22]

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]