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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I also wanted to ask about the emissions from sitka spruce on peat soils, which the witnesses have highlighted. Last week we had proposals around encouraging increased afforestation. Is there a risk that the bad practices of the present and past will be continued in the medium term while we try to identify lands and categorise and identify areas for appropriate crops? Related to that, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: Is that provided for? Will there be trees planted on peatlands in the time ahead?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: What is the Government doing in response to the shortage of primary school teachers in particular? The Irish Primary Principals' Network, IPPN, said we are at crisis point and pointed to acute shortages in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Kildare. I speak on behalf of my own constituency in Meath where I know the situation is exactly the same. Many issues are raised such as the cost of rents and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I ask initially about Teagasc and the range of research. The need for improved measurements has been outlined. I know there is a standard approach in terms of reporting, but are these standard methods that are being used elsewhere or are they bespoke to Ireland?

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the motion and I thank the Independent Group. It chimes very well with the demands regarding the environment and climate and the needs of communities to deliver sustainable transport with a particular focus on public and active travel. There is growing recognition that we need system change rather than to push on individual behaviours. We need a scale of change that we have not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget allocation for attic and cavity wall insulation for 2022; the number of applications to date in 2022 for each; the number of works completed to date in 2022 for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action the Government is taking to expand the role wave and tidal energy can play in Ireland's renewable energy generation; the estimated energy generation potential both have off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56439/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of reports used in the preparation of the sectoral emissions ceilings; the cost of commissioning each report, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of consultants and external experts contracted as part of the preparation of the sectoral emissions ceilings; the contract cost of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56441/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine extending the disability toll exemption scheme to parents of children who are patients in hospital, noting the cost that parents face travelling to visit their children in hospital every day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation for the low-emissions vehicle toll incentive for 2022; the number of persons who are signed up to the scheme; the spend to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56569/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic accidents involving e-scooters in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (23 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the upcoming Climate Action Plan will include proposals to promote the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a replacement fuel in traditional home heating systems as one method of cutting emissions from homes in which heat pumps are not an option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the application of mineral oil taxation on hydrotreated vegetable oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58465/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. Walsh. I will pick up on one of those themes. The area I want to focus on is the Irish landscape as a whole. Realising the potential of Dublin Airport as a hub picks up on that point of the need for capital investment at a time when it is not entirely sure what funds will be available in the medium term with regard to the decisions around charges. Would it be perceived among...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: Mr. Walsh would encourage it to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: Okay. I want to ask about the challenge of climate change. We touched on sustainable aviation. The high-profile report last week was very limited, I must say, but it identified the airports and a number of cement plants. Many other places probably should and could have been on that list but were not. That is more a reflection of the methodology than anything else, however. What has been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (24 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale behind the decision to reduce qualifying criteria from QQI6 to QQI5 for NCT testers; when this decision was made; if a risk or quality impact assessment was conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (24 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of toll road contracts; the date that each contract was signed; the date that each contract expired in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58635/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (24 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount in compensation that each toll road operator would be entitled to (details supplied) in view of his remarks that toll operators would be entitled to compensation if toll charges did not increase in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58636/22]