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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (7 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken to facilitate a move for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (7 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil/teacher ratio in primary schools in County Meath; the ten schools with the highest ratios in County Meath; her plans to reduce this ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54303/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. Strachan and wish him the best of luck in his role. I want to pick up on the challenge ahead of him. The newspapers reported yesterday on the latest census figures setting out modes of travel to work in Ireland. Mr. Strachan is probably aware of these. They indicate that 63% travel by car,10% walk, 7% cycle, 3% use rail, heavy or light, and 6% travel by bus. A lot of it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: On Mr. Strachan's point regarding rail-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: From Mr. Strachan's experience over recent years, has the thinking around assessment developed and evolved? I refer to aligning cost-benefit analyses with climate action. Surely, the world has changed, although it may not have changed as much as I might like. In the past, these decisions largely rested on the time saved and so on but are issues like embedded carbon and life-cycle carbon...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: In County Meath, we are living with a 12.5% increase in annual rents. Average standardised monthly rents are €1,501 but there is huge variation across the county. Today on Daft.ie, there are no one-bedroom properties in Ashbourne, Ratoath, Dunshaughlin, Dunboyne and surrounding areas. Two-bedroom properties rent at €1,850 in Ashbourne, €2,000 in Ashbourne,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (13 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Deputy Murphy touched on the fact that performance of the system as delivered by the private sector speaks for itself. It is failing by any objective measure in terms of rates of recycling, coverage of brown bins, the perverse situation with side-by-side collections and the impact of that on efficiency and emissions. The system is failing. I commend the work of the working group set up by...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (13 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I would like to see the joint committee pick up on this issue. The Minister of State has set it out. For me, it was spelled out that there is an ideological fixation, whether it is in the Department or in the Government, which has resulted in setting out hurdle after hurdle. This is not an insurmountable issue. Based on the performance of the existing service, it is clear it is not...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Deputy Pringle for tabling this motion and for hosting a briefing in the audiovisual room in this general space a number of weeks ago. I know that ActionAid Ireland is an important contributor and works hard in this space. At the Oireachtas climate committee we also heard from Trócaire, Christian Aid and Oxfam, as we do in advance of COP every year. There are many...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: COP28 reached agreement this morning and while it fell short of saying it, we must agree that the cornerstone of climate action must be based on an end to fossil fuels and a just transition at global and national levels. A report published last week by Dublin's energy agency, Codema, concluded that the poorest communities cannot afford to give up fossil fuels and risk being worse off via...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Staff (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 83. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in the CSO with climate action expertise; if there are plans to recruit more; and the average cost per WTE and HTE per grade, in tabular form. [55004/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to include HAP tenancies in the SEAI warmer homes scheme. [54980/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has carried out any assessment to estimate the cost and feasibility of including HAP tenancies as part of the SEAI warmer homes scheme. [54981/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to include HAP tenancies in the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54978/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has carried out any assessment to estimate the cost and feasibility of including HAP tenancies as part of the SEAI warmer homes scheme. [54979/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding drawn down as part of the better energy warmer homes scheme in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated total cost to increase the capital funding for better energy warmer homes scheme by 50%. [54967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding allocated to the better energy warmer homes scheme in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and in Budget 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54968/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding allocated to the better energy warmer homes scheme in Budget 2024, as per the revised estimates. [54969/23]