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Report on Energy Poverty 2024: Motion (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I too extend my deepest sympathies to Deputy Naughten on the loss of his brother. I do not sit on this committee but Deputy Naughten chairs the Friends of Science Group in the Oireachtas. My deepest sympathies to him and his family at this difficult time. I commend the committee on its work on this. I apologise on behalf of Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire who was due to take this but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for being here in person to take this Topical Issue. He is familiar with the teams in our area as we share a constituency, which include Balrath Girls and Boys Football Club, East Meath United and Laytown United. Balrath Girls and Boys Football Club alone has around 120 players affected by this issue. When I speak to coaches, they all talk about keeping the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Deputy Donnelly and I will take a minute each. I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I welcome the commitment regarding the memorandum of understanding. Those girls, their coaches, parents and communities are looking for a timeline in respect of what will happen now and how soon all of this can happen. I played in the DDSL 25 years ago. It is a huge league; there are tens of...

World Mental Health Day: Statements (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I will pick up on the point regarding SOSAD. It provides such an important service in my county. It is very difficult to measure these things but the organisation is living up to its name and saving sons and daughters. It delivers tens of thousands of hours of counselling and support to thousands of people. In my own county, it delivered 4,500 counselling sessions in the past year, while...

South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the south coast DMAP. This has been quite some time coming. After 15 months, we finally have a plan for offshore wind on the south coast of our island. It is Ireland's first spatial plan for offshore wind and identifies four maritime areas off the south coast for offshore wind development over the next decade. It is welcome. Offshore renewable...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his response. These popular schemes are oversubscribed. It is important for the Government to keep the issue under close review. In regard to the criteria, the Minister of State identified some of the challenges at local authority level, such as the increased cost of works and the smaller number of contractors available. We need to look at every...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Question No. 93 seeks an update on the LEADER programme. What measures have been funded for climate change mitigation and adaptation? What amount of funding was allocated to the programme in budget 2025? Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the local improvement scheme, LIS; the measures this has supported in Meath; the amount of funding that was allocated to LIS in budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40520/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Will the Minister of State provide an update on the local improvement scheme, the measures this has supported in County Meath and the amount of funding allocated to the LIS in budget 2025, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The funding is always welcome, but it does not go far enough. If you combine it with other improvement or involvement schemes like CIS, there is significant demand. There are long waiting lists. For those two schemes there is a ten-year waiting list in County Meath alone. In terms of the level of funding, is there a consideration of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on his efforts internationally and at the UN to highlight the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan; the efforts he has made at the UN General Assembly to achieve a ceasefire and alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40517/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40518/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the LEADER programme; the measures that have been funded for climate change mitigation and adaptation; the amount of funding that was allocated to LEADER in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40519/24]

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 10: In page 14, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Reporting 14. (1) The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the application of the No. III Scheme and the submeter support scheme to address high electricity costs. (2) The Minister shall, within 12 months of...

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: "(3) Electricity suppliers shall remove any arrears limits placed on prepay meters until the Minister directs otherwise.". This is a straightforward amendment. I am asking electricity suppliers to remove any arrears limits placed on prepay meters until the Minister directs otherwise. This is...

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, after line 41, to insert the following: “Review by electricity supplier 6. (1) Where an electricity supplier refuses to make an electricity costs emergency benefit payment then the final customer may request the electricity supplier, on or before 30 June 2025 to review its refusal. (2) The request under subsection (1) shall state the reasons why...