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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: In terms of alterations to existing routes and, particularly, new routes, do proposals come from Bus Éireann, the NTA or a bit of both?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I am sorry I missed the CTTC's opening statement but it refers to the fares equity piece and its impact on competition. How is it impacting the services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Is the CTTC hearing from its members that it is having an impact?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I do not want to, if that is okay, because I want to focus on a couple of figures in my local area. What is the driver and mechanic complement for Broadstone at the moment? How many vacancies are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: How many vacancies are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes, the position is the same there as it was the last time. That is helpful, thanks. I touched on a number of routes the last time I was here and I specifically asked about the 105 route. I got a response from Bus Éireann and the NTA that a review of the schedule on that service would take place over the summer. Is this a standard thing that happens or will there be other reviews?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I have an answer on the 105 route but an answer on the 103 and 109 routes would be helpful.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in relation to the local improvement scheme, the amount of funding available for County Meath under the scheme; the initiatives taking place in County Meath; if she plans to increase funding available to County Meath under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20810/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in relation to internships, apprenticeships and graduate schemes run by her Department, the places that are available in County Meath; the number filled in County Meath; if there are plans to increase same; the length of any waiting list for places in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Policy (9 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the measures/initiatives his Department is taking to support less-developed countries with climate change mitigation and adaptation; the progress that has been made to scale up climate financing through existing channels; the new funding initiatives planned and/or underway; the plans to enhance reporting on the gender...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Draft National Energy and Climate Plan: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. Maybe this is not a question for them but I want to ask about the delay. Have they any sense of what it relates to? Is it capacity or other priorities or focuses? There is obviously a lot going on within the Department. Is there an efficiency in the preparation of these two submissions or documents? The witnesses may have insights on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of heat pumps installed to date relative to the 2030 target of 400,000; the challenges he has identified with heat pump installation; his plans to address these; if alternative technologies are being considered; if he is aware of the high number of calls made to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, SVP,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: This question relates to the number of heat pumps installed to date relative to the 2030 target of 400,000. Will the Minister of State outline the challenges he has identified with heat pump installation and his plans to address these, if alternative technologies are being considered and if he is aware of the high number of calls made to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and others...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: The first part of my question was straightforward but I do not think the Minister of State answered it in his response. To reiterate, there is a 2030 target of 400,000 heat pumps. To date, how many of those pumps have been installed? By my estimation, on the figures I have received, it is in the region of 10,000, or 2.5% of the total. The Government is behind its own targets by 30%, which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: On the second part of the question, what engagement has the Minister of State or the SEAI had in regard to the practicalities of operating heat pumps when they are installed in existing properties? I am thinking in particular of the energy poverty strategy as it relates to social housing. I have heard on a number of occasions of heat pumps being incorrectly installed or operated. For...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Electricity Generation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total electricity generation capacity that has been energised since February 2020, broken down by fuel source and year; what percentage of Ireland’s electricity was imported in each of the years since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21897/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Electricity Generation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the Minister of State the total electricity generating capacity that has been energised since February 2022, broken down by fuel source and year; what percentage of Ireland's electricity was imported in each of the years since 2020; and if we will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Electricity Generation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Although it was not what prompted the question, the Minister of State will have heard from the Climate Change Advisory Council yesterday in regard to the electricity sector and the reports on the challenge of meeting our targets. We had a roundtable last week involving members of the Oireachtas climate committee and some of those in the offshore wind sector. Both of those examples paint a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Electricity Generation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: This echoes previous reports from the CCAC which point towards progress in terms of legislation, regulation and planning but, repeatedly, there is an implementation deficit. Last year certainly saw an implementation deficit. We need to be energising 1.6 GW a year of new renewables, new grid scale and onshore renewables but, instead, it was just 0.6 GW last year. What is the Government...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to address surplus renewable energy that is wasted; if he plans to introduce measures to redirect surplus energy to energy-poor households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21493/24]