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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I would like to hear from Ms Considine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I will pick up on a couple of points. The Department indicated that, between 2013 and 2021, shallow retrofits had been carried out on 75,000 local authority houses by way of cavity wall and attic insulation. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, tells us a very significant number of the shallow retrofits carried out during that time could benefit from being revisited as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Is there an efficiency to be gained from it? I am conscious that we have an acute workforce shortage and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Reading the note on Articles 27 and 28, I remembered conversations with environmental officers in various local authorities about how to avoid demolition. That is the right approach, but where demolition is happening, it seems that the licensing system is acting as a barrier in practical terms to the reuse of materials and is contributing to more construction waste ending up in landfill or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Is there an opportunity? It would be for the EPA to assess the consequences of the licensing system and various policies on where materials end up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. Armstrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: My next question relates to aggregation. Is the Department's targeting of clusters or individual homes in a local authority area for deep retrofitting arbitrary? Is it based on BER ratings, energy poverty or household incomes? How are homes identified and prioritised?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Missions (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to have a trade mission to the west coast of United States of America in the next three months. [6976/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies by job title at the Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 30 January 2023; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6977/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Navan rail line project will now proceed to design and appraisal given its inclusion as a medium-term project in the Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022-2042; if he will provide an update and indicative timeline for each of the phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6908/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Navan rail line will not proceed to construction in advance of 2031 due to funding constraints in the national development plan to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6909/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding was made available in the national development plan prior to 2030 to provide for the construction of the Navan rail line; the estimated timeline for delivery on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time taxi enforcement officials working for the National Transport Authority in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6971/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Bus will run a 27x bus from UCD Belfield to Clarehall at 18:10 on Mondays to Fridays during term periods only. [6972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been provided to refurbish and remark car parks at a location (details supplied) during 2023; if not, the last time both of these car parks were resurfaced and remarked. [6973/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has spoken formally to the CEO of Dublin Port Company since his appointment. [6974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers who travelled on Dublin Bus route 4 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in both directions, in tabular form. [6975/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason commercial bus operators here cannot claim VAT back on fuel and spare parts when their counterparts in other jurisdictions can; if he plans to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital budget allocation to the OPW in 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the amount of that capital funding that was spent in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [6987/23]