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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language specialist classroom support will be launched in Q4 of 2024. [36499/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the safeguards that have been put in place to ensure that tenants living in multi-unit dwellings owned by real estate investment trusts or commercially owned landlords who access the community energy grant scheme do not face the threat of eviction and or increased rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36107/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE architects employed by his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, by grade, in tabular form. [36497/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Security (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on recent progress with the Food Vision 2030 strategy. [36496/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 29 February 2024, where these facilities are located; what capacity they will have in terms of staff and beds, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36773/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 613. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications in CHO8 for assistive technology in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [36493/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 722. To ask the Minister for Health the increased staffing investment he plans to make to address the waiting list crisis in primary care child and adolescent psychology services in CHO8; and when he intends a recruitment drive for same to begin. [36501/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs to recruit 70 additional WTE dentists to work in the public dental service. [36502/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist gerontologists employed by the HSE working in CHO 8 in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [36503/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 725. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs to recruit 40 additional WTE specialist orthodontists for public dental service. [36504/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased by end of 2024. [36505/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 867. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key capital investments made by her Department in County Meath in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the amount of investment in each case and under what scheme, in tabular form. [36500/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. On the delivery of renewables, the pipeline and the trajectory, there is some concern based on recent analysis that we are not on target, or that we are not either connecting or getting enough projects to and through the planning process to deliver on the ambitious targets for 2030. A recent example might relate to RESS 4 and the amount...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: What does the Minister mean by saying it is not just the planning system but also the legal system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Can I have an update on the energy security review? It has potentially significant implications in the years ahead. I believed we were expecting a further update around the summertime. I am aware that we had the draft document at the back end of last year. Could the Minister give an update on the work ongoing on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Does the Minister have a sense of a timeline on this? When did he seek the additional information?

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Sinn Féin welcomes the Bill and the opportunity it presents. Those of us who engage with friends and counterparts in different European countries are aware of the relationship people have with their medical information. Often, with an app on their phones, they can access lab results or other information in real time. They think nothing of it and have had that technology for almost...

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and the provisions in it that will be of benefit. As Deputy O'Reilly said, we will continue to engage over the course of the Bill's passage through the legislative process. The Bill contains several important measures such as the exemption relief, the opportunity for virtual meetings, the enhancement of regulatory bodies and powers, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (24 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects a conclusion to the energy security review; if he will be bringing forward legislation on a strategic emergency gas reserve to ensure that it is State owned, that it does not increase demand, and that it is used only in situations where technically necessary to bring safe supply to customers; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (24 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by gas installers regarding the introduction of the non-domestic gas regulation into the current registered gas installer scheme, and that the pathway chosen by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities is contradictory to gas safety, operation and control; if...