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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: This week the Climate Change Advisory Council said it is unlikely that the first carbon budget will be met. Nowhere is this Government's failure clearer than in its national retrofitting plan. That plan is unfair and regressive. This week Irish Rural Link joined a long list of organisations, including St. Vincent de Paul, Social Justice Ireland, Friends of the Earth, the Irish Heart...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: We have a plan here.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: It is in our plan.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Tax wealth; the Government should tax wealth.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: That is not hot air.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Probate Applications (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in regard to delays in probate, what the current waiting time is; how many cases are on a waiting list in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 to date, in tabular form; the average wait time in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 to date, in tabular form; what measures she plans to address this; if there are plans to reopen the office to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Probate Applications (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I would like to ask the Minister about the delays in probate. What is the current waiting time? How many cases have been on a waiting list in recent years and to date in 2024? What has been the average wait time in recent years and to date in 2024? What measures does the Minister plan to take to address this? Are there plans to reopen the office to the public? Will she make a statement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Probate Applications (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State. There is a significant problem here and it is reflected in many quarters. According to the 2024 Lisney property outlook, sales of second-hand homes will continue to be affected by lengthy delays in probate and this will impact on the supply of properties to the market. This is creating uncertainty. We see from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Probate Applications (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: It is welcome that the office will open even for some limited hours because its closure has contributed significantly to delays. Is it the case, with regard to the work on the eProbate service, that it will be early 2025 when that will be launched? There is a need for a significant effort in the meantime to address the delays. Regarding staffing, is there an update or timeline on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown on the number of Garda officers, by rank, attached to all Meath East Garda stations in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the number of Garda officers who retired from Meath East Garda stations in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8340/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the delayed actions his Department is leading on as part of the climate action plan 2023; the proportion that are complete and the proportion that are delayed; if any are still outstanding from the 2021 climate action plan; the expected timeline for delivery for all delayed actions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what efforts his Department is making to ensure farmers are incentivised to create and maintain habitats on farms under the Common Agricultural Policy strategic plan and the rural development plan. [8338/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister for being here. I will pick up on a comment in the first instances in respect of the A5. I welcome the Government's commitment to it, which predates this Government and dates back to the St. Andrews Agreement. Having met with residents and families of victims, I know that there have been in the region of 50 deaths on it since 2006. There is a real safety issue with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes, exactly. I guess the purpose of these sessions, from our perspective, is to hear from the Minister in terms of progress to date, what is going right, what is not going as well and the types of measures. Earlier, he specifically stated that he has asked his Department to reassess the policy pathways. I presume the latter is the process of looking at where we can go further, faster or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister. He will be in County Meath tomorrow and I will meet him there. We discussed the climate action plan, and there has been significant progress on many strands. One issue I have raised with the Minister previously relates to a number of the points he made. There is traffic congestion every day at Kilmoon Cross on the N2. It is reported every morning and evening as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (20 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for the debate. There are many who will make the case for their local school building project to be progressed. That is understandable but it comes with the risk that all cases are heard at the same and all cases are treated the same. I am here to make the case that all cases are not the same. I believe the case of Lismullen...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (20 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I must say there will be real disappointment. The Minister of State’s contribution is a saga, from the perspective of the students, parents and staff. This school was first accepted onto the list of new school builds in 2007. Parents whom I met last night could point to other school buildings that went on at the same time or even eight years later and have progressed to completion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Ms Harte for her opening statement. Does she know how many had fallen outside the scope and will be brought into scope with this legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask that just to get a sense of the scale. There is a reference to "defined by domestic final customers". Is it only domestic or does this apply to commercial customers as well?