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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his recent comments regarding commercially owned LNG terminals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what motivated his recent comments regarding commercially owned LNGs (details supplied); if this was predominantly driven by economic considerations; how this was influenced by the consultation period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19040/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the consultation period regarding commercially owned LNG terminals, and how this influenced his recent comments regarding commercially owned LNG terminals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his recently comments regarding LNG terminals (details supplied) and how he believes this will impact achieving emissions targets; the steps, if any, that will be taken to mitigate this impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date with the construction of offshore renewable energy, ORE, port facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date with the construction of ORE port facilities; if he still agrees with the Government's assessment in October that Ireland will need to develop four to five ORE port facilities, with a capacity to build 500 MW of ORE, and a "number of smaller ports for ORE Operation and Maintenance activities"; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date with the construction of ORE port facilities; if the number of smaller ports for ORE operation and maintenance activities has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19010/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) regarding State support for port infrastructure; if he has considered the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19011/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what funding structures have been considered for the development of ORE port facilities; and if Connecting Europe Facility funding can still be considered the main mechanism for funding port infrastructure supporting ORE. [19012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a strategic investment model for the construction of ORE ports has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19013/23]

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that unsustainably high energy bills continue to put workers and families under significant financial pressure; notes that: — the average cost of gas and electricity bills has doubled over the last year; — the price of electricity in Ireland is the highest in Europe, and the price of gas is the eighth most expensive...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: France. €100 per kilowatt hour.

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank everyone who contributed to the debate. I will come back on a number of points but it is clear from the debate and listening to the Government's response and reading its extensive and long countermotion, that it has not done enough to protect consumers, to rein in energy companies, and to ensure fair practice within the energy sector here. That failure is not measured in statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (4 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to ensure that ports are prepared to deliver on Ireland’s offshore renewable potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20372/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (4 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to introduce legislation, regulations and/or guidelines for experimental road-traffic orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20371/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (4 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the Revised Estimate for 2023. [20958/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (4 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will specify the amount of the targeted 0.9 MtCO2eq abatement by 2025 (vs 2018) under the theme of the National Retrofit Plan within the residential built environment sector of the Climate Action Plan 2023 is anticipated to be delivered by the retrofitting of 120,000 dwellings to BER B2 cost optimal or carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (4 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the amount of the targeted 0.9 MtCO2eq abatement by 2025 (vs 2018) under the theme of the National Retrofit Plan – as outlined in the built environment section of the Climate Action Plan 2023 – is anticipated to be delivered through the retrofitting of 120,000 dwellings to BER B2...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating (4 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have achieved a B2 cost optimum standard in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [20961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating (4 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the average cost to retrofit a home to a BER cost optimum standard for each retrofit scheme under subhead B4 in tabular form. [20963/23]