Results 64,141-64,160 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which carbon reduction measures continue at pace while avoiding damage to the agrifood sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which carbon reduction measures can be best served without damage in the agrifood sector given the extent of hunger and starvation worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the various programmes for carbon sequestration have advanced; the methods most commonly used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which methods of carbon sequestration have grown in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10776/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he and his Department continue to take to incentivise carbon reduction without penalising the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10775/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which it is intended to use renewable energy as a means of carbon reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which it is intended to use wind energy as a means of carbon reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10782/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which plastic reduction measures have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10780/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which waste management is being utilised in the context of carbon reduction and waste to heat combinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which air quality monitoring stations continue to show improvement in air quality or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10783/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and locations of air quality monitoring stations throughout the country; the degree to which air quality has fluctuated at each station in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10784/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the use of electric vehicles has contributed to carbon reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the number of electric vehicles has increased on Irish roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects the tourism industry to recover as Covid-19 recedes; if inflationary tendencies have been detected in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10749/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and her Department propose to offer any further incentives to the tourism sector while keeping in mind the necessity not to contribute to inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects growth to take place in the tourism sector in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department propose to support and promote the tourism sector at home and abroad in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10752/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she and her Department have supported and continued to support the sport and recreational sector through the medium of sports grants or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10753/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage participation in sports in 2022 with particular reference to the necessity to encourage wider participation in the aftermath of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10754/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (24 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she proposes to encourage sporting and recreation activities at local level in 2022; the ongoing expenditure in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10755/22]