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Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 13: In page 15, to delete line 17 and substitute the following:" Return not delivered between 2 and 6 months from the specified date 10 per cent ".

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 14: In page 15, after line 17, to insert the following: " Return not delivered after 6 months from the specified date 50 per cent ".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: In regard to the line Ministers and the European directive, what is the rationale that it cannot be the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications? I would have thought he would be involved with energy. What is the rationale for that? Why that 5%:5%:90% carve-up? Is there a rationale for that as opposed to any other configuration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: In regard to the timeline, when might we see the draft legislation? When will it be introduced? When might we see these before us and enacted and these changes implemented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: To go back to the Cathaoirleach, Deputy Leddin's point, it is an issue that has been raised in the committee before. Is Mr. Regan saying that matters like the mandate of GNI at this stage; the expansion of the gas network; increasing islanded data centres; gas boilers being installed, including by the State; and the expansion of the gas network are being considered in the Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (5 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the March 2023 agreement to increase the pension of former workers at An Post, the reasons there has been a delay in payment to former workers; when they can expect to receive this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32956/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (5 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 2 March 2023, the degree to which his Department monitors the transfer of taxi licences; if he is aware of social media sites facilitating the transfer of licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32898/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (5 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question 31 of 2 March 2023, the number of section 15 nominations which have been made in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32899/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (5 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 2 March 2023, the number of enforcement actions taken for suspected breaches of Section 14(1) of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32900/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I will return to the issue of Tara Mines. Workers are protesting at the mines. SIPTU has tabled an emergency motion at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, conference this morning calling on the Government to urgently engage with the mine's owners, Boliden, and trade unions to put the necessary supports in place to ensure the mine remains in production and workers continue to be paid...

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the progress of the National Parks and Wildlife Service and on the interconnected issue of Ireland's biodiversity crisis. Until recently, successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael-led Governments failed to take these issues seriously. Decades of their paralysis have landed us in the situation we are now in, which is way behind where we once had the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are provisions in planning law to ensure that communities have critical water and wastewater infrastructure (details supplied); if this is the responsibility of the local authority or the developer; if there are plans to update the provisions in planning law to ensure critical water and wastewater infrastructure is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans for a scheme to compensate businesses that have lost revenue due to water outages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32909/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Energy Prices (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she aware that An Taoiseach has publicly commented that he anticipates energy prices are anticipated to remain high this winter (details supplied); how she is preparing for sustained inflated energy prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32925/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she aware of the CSO’s “estimated inflation by household characteristics March 2023” (details supplied) which noted that high energy costs were one of the key drivers of average inflation for households and that households with the lowest income experienced higher inflation; her plans to address; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Enterprise Support Services (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any additional supports will be provided to employees of rehab enterprises, many of whom have disabilities if they lose their employment; what these additional supports will be; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32402/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the Government’s recently published review of the PhDs in Ireland; if he has met or plans to meet them to discuss their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33332/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether PhD classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four-year duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33333/23]