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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new wind energy guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18510/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (25 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 301. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment with a consultant psychiatrist at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan and separately an assessment for ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18507/24]

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: It is really important that we get this process of development of DMAPs right. The committee met with the Department. There is concern across the political spectrum that there is not enough capacity within the Department to do the DMAP work at the pace and scale required and that we could potentially fail to realise the opportunity that is there or to give a clear indication that Ireland is...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to make the same point. Deputy Whitmore says she does not know how we have ended up here with a rhetorical piece, but if anything this is par for the course. We are bolting on a piece that is obviously an afterthought. There was a decision made that we need to reconfigure and shift responsibility from one Department to the other. There is merit in that, but it is safe to say we in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way persons can make submissions to the tribunal of inquiry into the Defence Forces handling of bullying, harassment and sexual assault allegations; if there will be a public notification of the process; if there will be restrictions on who can submit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18416/24]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Níl a lán Gaeilge agam ach déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. Is as Contae na Mí mé. Tá ráiteas nó ceist agam do Cormac McCashin. Tá Gaelscoil na Cille, Gaelscoil na Mí agus Gaelscoil na Ríthe ar aithne agam. Tá mo mhac féin ag freastal ar Ghaelscoil na Ríthe. Bhí ceist agam faoin bpróiseas...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I nGaeilge.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Tá Gaelcholáistí nua i Maigh Nuad agus Ráth Chairn.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe go léir. Ceapaim go bhfuil gá le i bhfad níos mó Gaelcholáistí eile sna ceantair. To make that point as Béarla, I supported the campaign for a Gaelcholáiste in Dunshaughlin but my experience in Meath has been that I have seen on a number of occasions with Louth and Meath Education and Training Board, LMETB,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I will pick up on a couple of points and I apologise for going over some old ground. Population increase, the increased number of cars and increased risk were mentioned. Do the witnesses have the figures of the numbers on the road now or the increase over recent years? Perhaps Mr. Walsh has them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: It is an indicator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Another issue is deteriorating behaviour. I am sorry if I missed it, but is there any indication of what has changed? Has there been any behavioural analysis? We all presume, and there is probably a fair amount of evidence for that, that the less enforcement there is, such as fewer speed checks, the less likelihood there is of getting caught. There is, therefore, a certain freedom. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Does the RSA ask why drivers think it is okay, whether they thought it was okay two years ago and whether this position has changed? The immediate question that comes to mind is whether drinking at home has changed this. Has the RSA tried to get to the bottom of this? Are there further indications of where the RSA thinks it would go with this information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: This is something we heard very clearly in repeated sessions from the RSA and from the medical bureau. It is a very strong message. I want to pick up on this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: There is a clear message today from the RSA that it urges sufficient resources for dedicated policing of our roads and it welcomes the implementation of the 30 minutes measure. We heard from the GRA at its conference that gardaí think it is public relations. I do not know what term they had for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I hear something different from the RSA. Are the witnesses saying they want to see every available opportunity taken whereby the maximum number of Garda resources are available to road policing and that it needs to happen as soon as possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I will finish with a comment. I do not have the full details, but perhaps the RSA can have a look at it in any event. I have seen some criticism online about RSA productions and advice for vulnerable road users regarding the way it is framed. It almost puts the responsibility on them. We know they have a responsibility but the emphasis is on young children making themselves visible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Exactly. The RSA should look at the emphasis in this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for their engagement with the committee. I am interested in their reflections on the climate action ecosystem, of which they are an essential element. For us here in the Oireachtas, we have had the climate legislation, we have been finding our way through the process of carbon budgets and sectoral emission ceilings, and we have been holding Departments to account in...