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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 132.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 16 May 2024, to provide a breakdown of services that have been curtailed due to unacceptable or criminal behaviour and related risks to others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25055/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 409.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 14 May 2024, the target for heat pumps in new builds to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 458.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 29 May 2024, the number of persons who qualified for an invalidity pension on the basis of a mental health illness in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 [25028/24]

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Sinn Féin opposes the migration and asylum pact for very good reasons and we will vote against it. In our view, the majority of the measures contained in the pact are not in Ireland’s interests. Instead, we must retain our sovereignty on these matters if we are to have an immigration system that is fair, efficient and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I confirm that I am in my office in Leinster House. May I pick up on the issue of barriers to exercising the right to repair and keep consumer durables in circulation and use? One of the issues that has been consistently raised concerns product liability and how this acts as a barrier to the increased use of repaired goods and the reuse of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. McGreal. I do not know if Senator Higgins is in the committee room but she hosted a briefing in the audiovisual room a number of weeks ago with colleagues from recycling centres in Copenhagen. They are doing lots of positive work in the area by employing a social enterprise model that we do not have here. Has the Department looked at that type of model for the city or for local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. McLoughlin. I will finish with a comment. They are not using the social enterprise model in Copenhagen, but the municipality, state and local authorities. That is a related point. We may want to see that as well and to engage with the CCMA and others about whether the local authorities can do that. Leveraging the decades-long experience of local authorities would be important...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: If we are to judge a government by how it treats its most vulnerable, and in turn those who care for the most vulnerable, then how can we judge this Government? For far too long, the voices of family carers have been completely overlooked and ignored. Day in, day out, including on the doors before the recent local and EU elections, they tell us how they feel pushed aside and abandoned by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last spoke with the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Ireland. [26477/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the embassies of Ireland based in Seoul, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok as of 4 June 2024, in tabular form. [26478/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget allocation for the National Cyber Security Centre in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [26482/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE customer service staff employed by DAA working in Dublin Airport in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26472/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget allocation for the Corporate Enforcement Authority in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [26464/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next meeting with the Sport Ireland CEO is scheduled. [26483/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost to recruit thirty additional WTE conservation rangers for the NPWS. [26481/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the telephone support allowance increased to €5 per week. [26470/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to increase the qualified child payment by €7 for over 12s and by €4 for under 12s. [26471/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of discharging a firearm offences that were notified to gardaí within the Meath division in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26473/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices gardaí issued for parking in a bus lane in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26474/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the next two dates Garda recruits will attest from Templemore training college; and the next two dates new Garda recruits will enter the college, in tabular form. [26475/24]