Results 6,421-6,440 of 6,840 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to restore the grant available to persons to upgrade their boiler within residential homes. [27138/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has spoken formally to the CEO of ESB Networks in the past two months; and if so, the issues discussed. [27139/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the introduction an hourly train between Galway and Dublin in both directions. [27142/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2021 of purchasing two extra mobile X-ray scanner trunks for the Revenue Commissioners. [27141/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 431. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a recruitment campaign will be launched for nurses to join the Defence Forces medical corps. [27140/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 637. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated shortage of early years staff; his plans to address the matter; if the eligibility criteria has been considered for those working in the sector for the duration of Covid-19, for example to retired teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been refused entry to the State for a failure to complete the passenger locator form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27233/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Communications (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has spoken to the UK Home Secretary since her appointment. [27143/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 755. To ask the Minister for Health the number of passenger locator forms filled in to date by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27231/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 756. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have filled in the passenger locator form since it went online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27232/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 757. To ask the Minister for Health the number of offences recorded to date for a failure to fill in the passenger locator form, for providing false or misleading information on the passenger locator form, for not providing an update of the information in section 3 of the form changes for the next 14 days or period of stay, or for a failure to give an officer who requests it information...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 949. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant obstetrician posts within the public health service; the estimated full yearly cost of filling the vacancies in tabular form. [27135/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 950. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant child psychiatrist posts within CHO8. [27136/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Transplant Services (29 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 951. To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart transplants that were carried out in the Mater Hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [27137/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I will address this matter in the context of maternity services and appointments. Speaking on my own behalf, I am very happy to say my wife is 40 weeks pregnant plus one week and her due date was yesterday. We have lived with these restrictions in place at the Rotunda hospital just like everybody else. We would rather if it was different. I am grateful that the pregnancy is progressing...

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I would like to raise the issue of connectivity. Yesterday, I raised the aviation sector with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton. There are very particular challenges there, as the Minister will be well aware. This morning, we heard from Mr. Eugene Drennan, president of the Irish Road Haulage Association,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I am glad the Minister mentioned the enterprise support grant. Taxi drivers are reporting that it can take up to 11 weeks for applications to be processed and in that time they are supposed to be back at work and earning. They do not have the reserves to get back to work. That delay needs to be addressed. I will give an example of an application under the credit guarantee scheme in my...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the Minister's statement that he will engage with taxi drivers. They have clearly set out their asks and they want the Minister, who is their Minister at the Cabinet table, to articulate their position on expanding the Covid pandemic unemployment payment and also the step-down payment. The Minister needs to hear that loudly and clearly from this side of the House and from taxi...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to protect and ensure the future viability of the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25995/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: It should not escape the attention of the Minister that 40% of the Priority Questions that have been tabled are on the issue of taxis. Rather than having a repeat of his exchange with Deputy Boyd Barrett, I ask the Minister to focus on the financial package for taxi drivers for which he is advocating as the Minister with responsibility for the sector.