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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (12 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 629. To ask the Minister for Health when four unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts agreed in 2018 will be filled for the implementation of the pregnancy prevention programme; if it is the case that six epilepsy nurse specialist posts were agreed in 2018 specifically for this purpose but only two have been recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49770/21]

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: The aviation sector was one of the hardest hit during the pandemic and it was recognised from the outset, and again here today, that it will take much longer to recover compared with others. The industry employs, directly and indirectly, over 140,000 people and it is vital to our economy and society as an island nation. Many of these workers faced savage cuts over the past 18 months and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Prices (7 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will take to protect persons from the rising cost of fuel and electricity and the increasing risk of fuel and energy poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47688/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase specialist supports for children with additional needs attending afterschool services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47694/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to expand autism specific services in the early years sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47693/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I will be brief. On the issue of food waste prevention, should the case be made that the mandatory reduction targets be set statutorily because at present they are not? I am concerned we will have waste management plans that will consistently miss their targets. A number of people have raised the need to set targets and to have a regime of enforcement. Is there a case to be made for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. O'Donoghue.

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for tabling this motion. This year, workers and families will be facing extraordinarily high energy costs at a time when most can least afford them. There have been over 30 price hike announcements from Irish energy suppliers since the start of the year, with some suppliers raising prices on multiple occasions. This is on top of other spiralling...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens' Assembly (6 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the biodiversity citizens' assembly will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48543/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed in each primary and secondary school (details supplied) in County Meath in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant SNA positions in each primary and secondary school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (5 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists assigned to primary and secondary schools (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47668/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Professor McMullin for his testimony. To return to the critical reliance on fossil fuels and the potential need for them into the future, he stated that a move away is technically feasible, although it would require decisive policy measures to be brought about. He went on to say we would need almost to build a separate firm with a dispatchable, instantaneous supply. Does he foresee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses. I have a couple of questions. Many people looking in will wonder how we have ended up in a situation in 2021 where we could not get assurances from very senior Ministers last week that we would not have blackouts. I appreciate that we have received some more information today. I am interested in the relationship with the providers and the lessons they say they...

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Deputy Bríd Smith for bringing forward this Bill. It gives us an opportunity to debate two really important issues. In terms of data centres, this week we heard from experts at the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action about the impact they are having, we have the EirGrid All-Island Generation Capacity Statement 2019-2028 and we heard the Government outline its...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I believe I have ten and half minutes.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Is it up? I apologise. This is an important area. We are committed to achieving our 2030 targets. We believe fundamentally that this will require bringing people with us. We need to engage with people at every step of the way. That is a call I will be making of the Minister. I will think every step of the way in terms of eco-austerity. With the greatest of respect to Amazon and...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES, reports leave us in no doubt about the twin climate and biodiversity crises we face and that we will have even more devastating consequences if urgent action is not taken now. Unfortunately, successive governments have failed to do enough in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It is significant that no Minister, including the Taoiseach, can assure the people that we will not have blackouts during the winter. That is significant and a clear case of mismanagement. The red carpet is rolled out on the demand side and the Government dithers on the supply side. Renewable energy support scheme, RESS, auctions have been postponed. Wind Energy Ireland maintains that...

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Deputy Whitmore and the Social Democrats for bringing forward this timely and necessary motion. What we have unfolding before us, particularly in recent months, is a picture of abject failure on behalf of successive Governments to prepare and manage energy and electricity policy, and supply and demand, adequately. Amber alerts are now a common feature, electricity outages are...