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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing two extra HSE air ambulance helicopters available on a 24-7 basis. [6979/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent kidney transplant surgeons attached to CHI Temple Street in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6980/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetricians or gynaecologists with a special interest in reproductive medicine working in Holles Street Maternity Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6981/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of general practitioners operating under the aegis of North East Doctor On Call, in tabular form. [6982/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the disability day services centres that received funding in the past two years to provide, upgrade or improve their transport provision to and from their centres. [6983/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [6984/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time cardiothoracic radiographers working in the Mater Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6985/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he considers that the independence and focus of the EPA is comprised and diluted by the fact that its functions and lines of accountability are spilt between departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 8 November 2022, if a timeframe is set out for member states to comply with the requirements of Article 6.1 of the Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7449/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 29 November 2022, if it is the case that there are no conservation measures contained in the NPWSs published site-specific conservation objectives for the River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC site code 002299, despite indications in response to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 11...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister for being here. To pick up on that point, this is a process that is evolving. We need to get to a place where we have a calendar of engagements and accountability. Maybe we need to look at the scheduling of that in relation to EPA announcements or updated figures. We want to get to a place where we are actually looking at the detail of it. The idea as I understand it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I might just clarify the point around access to officials. The greater concern for me, thinking back to a lot of our deliberations in this committee, is access to officials who have a deep understanding of the implications for them and their Department of the climate Act and the climate action plan. Maybe it is just a matter of that system slowness. That is to some degree understandable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I want to ask about the retrofitting plan. We rehearsed some of this previously with regard to some of the differences between the approaches of the Government and my party to this. I do not want to go over old ground. Whatever way we cut it up, when we get to 2030, a lot of people who are using kerosene now will very likely still be using it. This is because they are ineligible for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: What about liquefied petroleum gas, bio liquefied petroleum gas and moving people from kerosene to bottled gas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Wherever it comes from, surely it would be more sustainable than kerosene.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: There is no argument that there are a cohort of people who are exposed, who are living in poverty or close to poverty, who are on low incomes in cold homes and who will not have a retrofitted home or a heat pump by 2030. There is an argument they could have a shallow retrofit and an improvement on their heating systems that is not a heat pump that could be done at low cost and that could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses. I was happy to listen to all of the contributions and the debate over the past two and a half hours or however long we have been here. Understandably, there was interest from colleagues from the regions. As transport spokesperson for my party, it is important to have this opportunity. It is part of an extended series of meetings that we have done with a range of...