Steven Matthews

Green Party · Wicklow

Activity on Environment — 56 events (7 lobbying · 48 questions · 1 votes) full profile →

• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Codling Wind Park Limited Energy and Natural Resources

  • Letter of Phase 1 Offshore Wind Developers to Oonagh Buckley, Secretary General in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in September 2024 re asset transfer process
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland Environment

  • Planning and Development Bill 2023
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) Environment

  • SWAN attended the Fair Seas Rally where support was shown for the MPA legislation to be published urgently aand DPOs where lobbied to do what they can to get the Marine Protected Area Bill published urgently.
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Fair Seas Ireland Environment

  • Fair Seas Rally for Ireland's Seas outside Leinster House
• 2025-01-14
  LOBBY
  Irish Wildbird Conservancy Environment

  • General Election 2024
• 2025-01-08
  LOBBY
  Irish Green Building Council Environment

  • Presentation the Healthy Homes Ireland report and key asks
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding the implementation of the recast renewable energy directive; the legislative process required to progress it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41295/24]
• 2024-10-07
  LOBBY
  Sisters of Mercy Environment

  • Our future gas supply needs to be in line with the climate law and carbon budget.
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); if there are plans in place to provide funding for community organisations to purchase portable solar generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34683/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the report by the ‘Compliance Committee to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)’, in particular the first progress review of the implementation of decision VII/8i on compliance by Ireland with its obligations under the Convention in the context of the ongoing parliamentary procedure progressing the Planning and Development Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27160/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions he will take to support local authorities to address the issue of cigarette butt litter following the enaction of legislation (details supplied); if a ring-fenced grant can be made available to support the purchase of small road sweepers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14081/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans regarding the transposition of the requirements of the Revised Renewable Energy Directive, with particular focus on the delivery of the specified planning and permitting timescales, in view of recommendation 7 in the recent European Commission assessment of the draft updated National Energy and Climate Plan of Ireland for 2021-2030 (NECP); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12062/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the wording of the plastic bag levy legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12447/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the environmental initiatives being carried out (details supplied); if her officials could engage with the board of this club to see if their work is replicable in other clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8880/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the merits of introducing a Department-led competition or initiative that would promote increased focus on environmental initiatives (details supplied) by golf clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8883/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding the environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism proposed in the Planning and Development Bill 2023; if the legal costs scheme is consistent with Ireland's obligations under the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3596/24]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the warmer homes scheme operated through the SEAI that does not allow for the energy upgrade of one-off stone wall properties as they cannot meet the qualifying criteria for any primary measures, and by, extension, secondary measures; if this can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49501/23]
• 2023-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider an adjustment to the tax exemption limit of €200 per annum for domestic solar microgeneration to further incentivise their installation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34482/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of home energy upgrades/retrofits supported by the Government in conjunction with SEAI in County Wicklow in the first quarter of 2023; if a breakdown, in tabular form of the work carried out will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26494/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding any prospecting licences issued with respect to lithium extraction in an area (details supplied); if any mining licence applications have been submitted for this site to date; his views on the potential environmental impact of mining in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26117/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the work his Department is doing to reduce emissions from the energy sector in the context of our climate action targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19150/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding any Departmental initiatives that seek to increase environmentally friendly practices in the early years sector, with a particular emphasis on promoting biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19159/23]
• 2023-03-08
  VOTE
  Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–78
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the adequacy of existing measures to prevent dog fouling at a local authority level; if his Department is considering any further measures to reduce this activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5605/23]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request a full assessment of the existing heating and lighting systems at Glendalough visitor centre; his plans regarding upgrading to more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly options at this location and other OPW-owned buildings in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56300/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans regarding the provision of grants to install LED lighting for sports clubs across the country, with a view to reducing both energy usage and financial costs to the clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55186/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request that Irish Water and the Environmental Protection Agency investigate the cause of the confirmed presence of methylisoborneol in the water supply for County Wicklow and south County Dublin; if methylisoborneol has been found in other water supplies nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50487/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans regarding supports for SMEs that are seeking to significantly reduce energy consumption; if any capital grant funding proposals for permanent alterations to premises are under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44622/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding the support scheme for energy audits; the number of SMEs that have successfully applied for this scheme to date; the initiatives that are in place to increase the uptake of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44621/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any initiatives are being considered to encourage waste management companies to provide brown bins that collect organic and food waste in areas that do not currently have this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42071/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to investigate support mechanisms for homeowners who record actionable levels of radon in their properties that require remediation. [42946/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding homes that are not covered under the National Broadband Ireland roll-out but cannot avail of sufficient broadband cover on the private market due to their location; if provisions are in place to assist homeowners in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43084/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the existing CAP regulation that permits the removal of hedgerows by a farmer if they replant double the length within ten kilometres; if his attention has been drawn to calls to end this practice by environmental and animal rights groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40167/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment; Climate and Communications his views on the use of infra-red heaters or storage heaters as a means of heating a home by electricity; if his Department has conducted research into the environmental merits of the use of same when compared to traditional fossil fuel boilers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34294/22]
• 2022-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans for public engagement in relation to offshore renewable energy projects; the intended framework for that community engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28444/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to ensure citizen engagement with offshore wind energy projects in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18847/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding maritime area consent applications; the timeline for when they will begin to be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18845/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to ensure citizen engagement with offshore wind energy projects in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10158/22]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to reduce the level of single use disposable food containers and coffee cups in Ireland. [61412/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to ensure citizen engagement with offshore wind energy projects in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61411/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to ensure that middle income households are supported in accessing retrofitting programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53502/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timescale for the introduction of the new micro-generation support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52479/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the SEAI can consider a person (details supplied) for future works on their property despite having had some minor energy efficiency work completed 15 years ago; if consideration is given to the health and age of such applicants and the nature and limitations of any previous work done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38413/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding the €5 million fund allocated to litter prevention (details supplied); the way this funding can be drawn down by local authorities; and if he will report on the level of funding that is remaining in this fund. [31958/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding the €3 million fund allocated to anti-illegal dumping measures (details supplied); the way this funding can be drawn down by local authorities; and if he will report on the level of funding that is remaining in this fund. [32017/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the role his Department plays in ensuring that mineral exploration and mining in Ireland supports the economy and protects the national environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29431/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts he plans to make to promote the international phasing out of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29432/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the basis for microgeneration not being included in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021, a concept previously referenced in the Climate Action Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22805/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will review the reports on the 2017-2018 pilot programme that was run through the SEAI that sought to increase the energy efficiency of schools; and if such a scheme will be reintroduced and include grant funding for improvements such as installing LED lights to replace existing fittings. [12002/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a potential mechanism that would encourage businesses that operate online under an Irish domain name to indicate the provenance of items for sale, which could assist customers in making informed choices regarding the environmental impact of their purchase due to air miles and to support Irish producers. [10522/21]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if plastic processed through pyrolysis infrastructure will be considered as recycled plastic for the purposes of national statistics collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43136/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on whether the existing post office network is viable; and his plans to increase State funding to the service or to engage with representatives from the sector to discuss their ongoing concerns. [42284/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a number of pilot programmes in several EU countries that replaced standard streetlights with ones that included an electric vehicle charging point; and if a similar pilot programme could be considered here. [38961/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if he will investigate the existing grants that are available to assist in purchasing electric commercial vehicles through SEAI in view of the fact this only applies to vehicles such as vans; and if it has been considered to expand this to include cars for commercial use. [30103/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to instances within local enterprise offices by which local businesses have been informed that the funding for the trading online voucher scheme has dried up and businesses that meet all the criteria have been unable to access the scheme. [10791/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the possibility of improving poor broadband connectivity in Tinoran, County Wicklow will be investigated (details supplied). [7210/20]