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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason simple heating controls such as those provided by a device (details supplied) are not eligible for funding support from the SEAI given their recognised benefit; if he will review this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11743/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on quality audits at NCT centres by centre and quarter/month for 2022, and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11645/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (9 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the actions that relate specifically to anaerobic digestion in the Climate Action Plan 2021; the number of these actions that have been completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to review the housing target/cap figures for county development plans in light of the initial population results from Census 2022; the way that this will affect County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11467/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Chair and thank the witnesses for their presentation. Mr. Fitzgerald outlined well the provisions of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021. It is within the gift of the Government to move forward with the Bill by scheduling it. I would encourage the Government to do just that. It needs to be a recommendation from the committee that this is one element and it is well overdue at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Will the gardaí have real-time access to that at the side of the road?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I am trying to think this through. In terms of what is happening at present - we might talk some more about Mr. Fitzgerald's analysis here - there are significant numbers of uninsured drivers but a level of detection that is not consistent with that. What is happening at the side of the road at present? Do people have fake papers or what is on their insurance disk?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Do we know if there is information in relation to that? If I am stopped at a checkpoint, they will check my licence and look for my NCT, my tax and my insurance disk. Do we have information about how many checkpoints are happening and how many people are being caught at them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: It is probably safe to say that if it is the case that people are driving uninsured, that is one thing, but if they are driving uninsured with fraudulent papers or insurance disks that is a separate issue as well in terms of fraud.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to drill down into the research that Mr. Fitzgerald has done in relation to this. Is there any reasonable reason that might be missing? Might it be the case that the figures are overestimated based on cars being laid up off the road? I ask Mr. Fitzgerald to talk to me about the analysis on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: We are an outlier based on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: A massive outlier, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Do we know what the driver of that is and why that might be the case? For example, are high insurance costs driving this? Is it a level of enforcement? Is it a regime? Is the regime that we are calling for in the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 in place in all these other European countries? What is the suite of measures that might contribute to this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Is it a provision of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I refer to insurance costs here. I know lots of people who drive in the North, for example, and one of the things they immediately point to is the cost of putting a vehicle on the road and insurance taxes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Does Mr. Fitzgerald know how great insurances costs are here in comparison with those in other countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: That is fine but it would be worth thinking about. Even in our own hearings, we should investigate what is leaving us in a position where huge numbers appear to be driving uninsured. As for the policy response, Mr. Fitzgerald pointed clearly towards the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021, which we need to see passed, and in that regard towards a potential option of looking at not just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I presume the range of accidents for which MIBI compensates people includes virtually everything.