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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the labour constraints identified in various reports (details supplied) that Ireland faces in order to meet our 2030 targets; the measures being taken by his Department to address those labour constraints; the measures being taken to equip the labour force with the necessary skills to reach our 2030 targets; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Climate Action Plan (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on progress on the actions on which his Department is leading in the 2024 climate action plan annexe of actions; if these actions are proceeding on time; to report on work to develop a framework to oversee emerging skills requirements for e-mobility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Action Plan (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on industrial heat decarbonisation; the measures he is taking to decarbonise industrial heat; the supports he is providing for industry to decarbonise their heat sources; to report on the level of reduction of emissions reached to date given the target of 20% by 2025 and 45% by 2030; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ComReg’s Enforcement Functions: Discussion (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for attending. I apologise for missing the start of the meeting. I was in the Dáil. On the enforcement actions taken by ComReg and, specifically, the code of practice for individual companies, how useful is the code of practice as a measure to ensure standards and performance? The number of cases that have been taken is small. More widely, could improvements be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ComReg’s Enforcement Functions: Discussion (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Does ComReg have a role in the development of the customer charter or the code of practice? I would appreciate a sense of how it is developed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ComReg’s Enforcement Functions: Discussion (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes, it is very hard to replace the former Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ComReg’s Enforcement Functions: Discussion (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: On the process of developing the code of practice and the customer charter, how much involvement does the regulator have to ensure the system is fit for purpose and ultimately serves the end user?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ComReg’s Enforcement Functions: Discussion (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I apologise if this question was asked previously, but what is ComReg's role in the context of competition within the market? Is that for ComReg or for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC? Where does the division of responsibility lie and how do the two agencies interact if it is a case of one, or other, or both?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: One of the issues that has been highlighted with regard to this process is the delay with the Department getting these submissions prepared and submitted. My sense is that there are capacity constraints. That is reflected in some of what we saw from the EPA this morning. What was the reason for the delay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: What is the position on the delay regarding the long-term strategy and the NECP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I appreciate there are increasing numbers but I do not see the primacy of this stuff within government and across Departments. That is reflected in my experience at this committee. These matters need to be issues for more than an individual Department. They need to be issues across government. Unallocated emissions savings are in the region of 5.25 megatonnes per year in the second carbon...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: We need a whole new government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I am happy to come back on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: One of the significant indicators we have is that the path we are on at the moment is not delivering. There must be a fundamental review of the full approach. The climate action plan is not delivering on the targets that are agreed. There is, in fairness, broad political consensus around the targets themselves, which we should not take for granted. How are the unallocated emissions...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: In today's Ireland, hundreds of thousands of ordinary workers and families face an impossible situation. They are confronted with a housing crisis of unprecedented proportion. Successive Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Governments have utterly failed on housing. Bad planning, mismanagement and downright dereliction have resulted in one of the worst shortages of social and affordable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Is it the Minister's position that there are no capacity constraints within his Department? Consider the position if we go section by section. Regarding transport, for example, the Connecting Ireland programme, which entails rolling out rural transport services and which everybody universally agrees upon and supports, is supposed to involve a five-year plan. However, at this rate it will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I raise the issue of Bord na Móna's plans to sell off its waste management business, as was reported recently. This risks further concentration of waste management services, which is potentially bad for workers and customers. It is further privatisation when the opposite should be happening. Is the Taoiseach aware of the plan and has he or the Government assessed it in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23828/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23827/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how frequently the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the proposed floating storage and regasification unit will need to be replenished, if approved, given the inevitable boil-off of LNG over time; where this gas will be sourced; what measures will be taken to minimise the frequency of this occurrence; and if he...