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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Will the Tánaiste advocate for a TRIPS waiver to ensure maximum roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: The Tánaiste said the Government and the EU are very strong supporters of vaccine equality and want to find a solution to ensure it happens. The truth, however, is that the EU and the Government are an active barrier to solutions. Dr. Mike Ryan of the WHO has said: "It's a tragedy and it's an abomination that today there are frontline workers going to work in Covid wards in many...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It was Mary Robinson's analysis.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It was Mary Robinson's analysis.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It is deeply insulting for those in low-income countries that the Tánaiste's response was patronising about the fact we are making donations and contributions. These countries are looking for the opportunity to provide for themselves and they are in a position to do it. We have prevented them previously, in the context of AIDS and other pandemics, and we are doing it again. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It is an emergency.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: The Government can act.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: The Government can act.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: The Government can act on behalf of people in low-income countries. What is it doing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: That was not what I was asking about. The Government is in a position to act.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: There is Irish research on the issue and it says the Government needs to act now.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: This is not a fair debate.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: The Tánaiste is being completely disingenuous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. I want to focus in the initial round of questions on the area of active travel and public transport, an area in which the Minister is keenly interested. As a starting point, I will deal with the unmet demand that exists. My sense is that people are ready to make the switch but the facilities are not yet in place. Regarding the scale of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: On that point and the national development plan, the Government almost seems to be committing funding and setting out the framework and then leaving it to the survival of the fittest. I have heard the Minister say areas that buy into the new way of doing things will make greater progress and be more attractive. How is that achieved while delivering balanced regional development at the same time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: One of our senior policy people lives in the Dún Laoghaire area. I am constantly telling her that Dún Laoghaire is not an example of what is happening in the rest of the country. My concern is that those who are first up and best dressed will leave areas behind. I have previously raised my concern about fares. We need to tackle the issue. Fares are an impediment. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I am looking for an update on a couple of road projects in my constituency and how they will progress. The first is the Slane bypass. TII appeared before us a couple of weeks ago. I noted that the Slane bypass was referenced as being in line with NSO 1., compact growth. I would also argue that it is in line with NSO 2., enhanced regional accessibility and the road to Derry as well. Given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: The Minister is now the Minister. I framed the question in a very particular way. I did not ask when the road will be delivered. I asked what those people could expect in the next five years in terms of progress, including the possibility of sustainable transport models. I have raised this issue previously. I am not hearing from the Minister that we have an answer to the question he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Does the Minister believe the tools are in place and the agencies are working hand in hand to deliver those solutions because I have no sense of it? I have a sense that this will sit in planning for a number of years and I do not see those alternative solutions being progressed. It is a significant concern. I do not think it aligns well with the Minister's stated intention. It is a real...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I look forward to seeing that.