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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: That is something we should support as a committee. On school transport, no one will be more familiar than the witnesses with the challenges that arose out of the increased demand. There was a commitment in the budget that extra funding would be provided for people who had previously been accommodated on the school transport scheme on a concessionary basis. We have been told by Bus...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: That might be an opportunity to unlock some capacity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses. I have a couple of quick questions. When this report was first reported on in the media, it landed very strangely. People were surprised by it. I expect the witnesses have been challenged on it and will be challenged here today. I would like to know about the robustness of the research. I do not know if this type of research has been conducted in the past in this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: One of the assumptions made in the report is that there would be a change in the speed limits on motorways but there is no comparable speed limit on local roads or regional roads. That incentive or time benefit would have a significant application in terms of opportunities for collisions or anything like that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: The witnesses are going to do that piece of work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: This is my interest in the subject. This diversion is already happening on roads all over my constituency. People come off motorways like the M1 in heavy goods vehicles and go through Slane or Kilmoon Cross. I hear about the congestion on the traffic reports every morning. People come off the M3 to avoid the tolls and come through the Fairyhouse roundabout. We have heard from the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: Has TII ever specifically been asked to look at tolling policy and how it might be tweaked to incentivise an efficient use of our road network from a climate perspective, or any other perspective?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: Is the report publicly available?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: This is my final question, as I know we are tight on time. There is a specific ask from hauliers whom we hear from in the committee about the tolling system for the Dublin Port Tunnel and the fact that they must stop and start. They have forensically accounted for the cost of the amount of diesel, rubber breaks and carbon emissions. Is that something TII has considered? It does have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: I thank Ms Hughes.
- Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: The Minister of State and the Minister filled their time and talked about everything but the issue at hand. This was particularly so with the clear call for the extension of the disconnection ban to all customers from now until the end of March. There was no commitment from Government to do that. There was no commitment to provide a solution for pay-as-you-go customers. The solution there...
- Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that the latest round of energy price hikes announced by energy providers is putting severe financial pressure on people; — that households are facing extraordinary costs to light and heat their homes this winter, and will need equivalent support from the Government and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) during...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of installed solar photovoltaic capacity in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51472/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he intends to address the issue of a lack of morning bus services to Limerick city from Charleville, County Cork which is an ongoing issue for years (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at the same time, the NTA continue to refuse private bus operators licences to stop in Charleville; and if he...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he intends to address the issue of Charleville students trying to access college in Limerick and Cork without adequate morning public transport services; if his attention has been drawn to dozens of parents that are making two trips daily to Limerick city due to a total lack of accommodation, which is adding to their carbon...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: I have several questions. On the radio yesterday and again today, the Minister mentioned that contracts will be concluded in a matter of days or shortly. He indicated a figure of €350 million initially. Is he confident that this will be enough to deliver on the projects? It was reported in the Business Postlast week or the week before that, with inflation costs, committed projects...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: Through auction.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: How many assets or sites is the Minister talking about?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: The Minister does not need to name them. There are roughly two sites-----