Results 1,501-1,520 of 6,816 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the electricity demand, current and projected has been factored into critical infrastructure planning; the assessments and reports that have been prepared and published in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37379/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to reduce the barriers to entry into the profession of commercial driving; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many fully qualified licensed drivers with a C, D or CE licence that could drive right now but they are excluded from doing so for hire and reward due to the fact that their...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to prioritise driver CPC testing for essential workers given the acute shortage of haulage drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Data (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the last full year and the percentage of all motor tax payments that were paid in instalments versus those which were paid upfront in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Data (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that is raised from the higher rates of motor tax for those that choose to pay in instalments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the counties that operate demand responsive services on the LocalLink scheme; the counties that do not or have recently stopped providing demand responsive services on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons will lose their no-claims car insurance bonus if a third party makes a claim for a relatively small amount against them, for example, for a scratch, resulting in the insured party paying thousands of euro extra on their premium each year; his plans to address this problem; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school buses owned by Bus Éireann that are used on the school transport scheme by the age of the vehicle in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37858/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building project at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; when work on the new school will commence; when it will be completed; if playing pitches will be included in the design; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if taxi drivers are to be allowed stay on the pandemic unemployment payment until February 2022; the way this will work in practice; if there will be a reduction in payments or some transition to a jobseeker’s payment; the way this will work given the fact that taxi drivers are self-employed and not seeking a job;...

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: We are disappointed and frustrated with how the motion has been proposed. The way the Government has been handling wide-reaching emergency legislation in recent weeks, via motions and guillotined debates, shows contempt for the Opposition. No Opposition briefing has been provided in advance of the motion to inform us of the up-to-date epidemiological circumstances in countries on the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Are we speaking to amendment No. 1 or amendment No. 2?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It relates to climate justice. We had a long discussion and debate on climate justice during pre-legislative scrutiny and on Committee Stage. There was progress and then we hit a wall in regard to it. It seems like there has been a sprint in recent days given the level and number of changes. It is very frustrating for those of us in the Opposition who have spent time on the Bill, who have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Planning Issues (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the guidelines for planning and development of solar farms; if there is a regional or spatial element of guidelines for planning authorities; if specific areas or regions within counties are identified as suitable or preferential for farms; if not, if they will be developed in a random ad hoc, less planned way; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that receive a school transport remote area grant; the value of grants awarded in the last full school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38133/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children qualifying for the school transport remote area grant under each of the five distance categories in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38134/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment in the school transport scheme bus fleet in each year from 2010 to 2020; the number of new buses added or replaced on the scheme in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38135/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists that are assigned to the schools in an area (details supplied); if psychologists assigned are based on school population; if the psychologists work on referrals during the school break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS referrals made in the 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38234/21]