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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (26 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any procedures being put in place to ensure that the SUSI grant applications involving temporarily laid-off workers from Tara Mines can be appropriately assessed given the fact those workers cannot get a letter of job cessation from Revenue; if he will provide an update on these procedures; and if he will make a statement on the...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and his party, the Social Democrats, for tabling this motion. The cost of buying a home has increased by more than 25% since this Government came into office. It now costs almost €330,000, on average, to buy a home, an increase of more than €66,000 since 2020 and €90,000 since 2017. In my constituency, the average cost of a home is well...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I extend my condolences to the family, friends, colleagues and supporters of Councillor Damien O'Reilly. I attended his funeral in Dunboyne this morning. He was 40 years of age. It is dreadfully sad. He was a great public representative and staff member in the Houses of the Oireachtas too. I extend by deepest condolences on behalf of my party and, I am sure, colleagues in the Houses too....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received the 2022 Annual Report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; and if so, when same will be published online. [39976/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on her Department’s scoping inquiry into abuse in religious institutions; if she will ensure that victims of abuse in protestant-ethos institutions are treated equally with victims of abuse in other schools in Ireland, including other religious schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant WTE educational psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service, by region; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [39974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Government’s commitment to install solar panels on every school; how this will be funded; if it is still the intention to fund this initiative via the climate action fund; if the estimated costs have been revised since the initial announcement; when she expects that the rollout of delivery will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of funding requests that his Department has received from Meath County Council seeking additional funding to purchase additional fire appliances for Meath fire service in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of the requests received that were approved in each of the years in question, in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes allocated to each Garda district within the Meath division as of 5 September 2023, in tabular form. [39972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 690. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sexual offences reported to gardaí within the Meath division in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [39973/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 936. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works in Beaumont Hospital since January 2020; the number of companies in each case that tendered for the works; and the name of the company that was granted the contract in each case, in tabular form. [39969/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 937. To ask the Minister for Health if Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, has availed of any public or private external services that has been provided to it by the HSE acute services in reducing the number of patients on the hospital waiting list for orthopaedic procedures. [39970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for braces after a public orthodontist recommended them for braces under the PRSI system; and the average waiting time for CHO8. [39971/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank all the witnesses for their work on the comprehensive document and report, which is very well articulated. To continue in a similar vein, it is now about taking the great work of the assembly and putting it into a complicated and messy political system that pulls in a pile of different directions. I have said before that we could raise questions about the representativeness of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Sorry for rambling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Dr. Moran.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to look at the mechanism to harness the incredible goodwill among individuals and communities. Were the role and potential of local authorities, for example, looked at? They are a lot closer to communities. It is also fair to say that we have a particularly weak form of local government compared with many other countries. Is there a potential opportunity to expand that role in this...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (13 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that wholesale electricity prices fell by 35% in June 2023 (details supplied); when he expects this will be passed on to the final customer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34868/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (13 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he was aware of comments made by the Taoiseach that energy prices would remain very high this winter; how many times he has met with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to discuss this; if he will report on these meetings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34873/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (13 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he was aware of comments (details supplied) made by the Taoiseach that energy prices would remain very high this winter; how many times he has met with energy companies to discuss this; if he will report on these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34874/23]