Results 1,781-1,800 of 7,146 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (20 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the up-to-date Government research his Department holds on the use of carbon tax funds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic and Social Research Institute (20 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute report entitled Carbon Taxes, Poverty and Compensation Options 2020 cited by his Department as proof that carbon tax increases leave the lowest income fifth of households on average better off and reduces poverty, fails to take into account the huge increase in energy prices since...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. As numerous Deputies have said, there is barely a household breast cancer has not affected, not to mention their extended families. I worked in cancer diagnostics for years. There is no screening programme for many cancers but there is one for breast cancer because we have a very good diagnostic tool and an effective treatment in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Will the carbon budgets be published by COP26? What is their relationship with the climate action plan and when might the Dáil see and be able to debate them? Will they include sectoral ceilings and a roadmap? Regarding the EU's Fit for 55 package and the national versus regional in a European sense as opposed to internationally, what is the Minister's sense of the direction of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ports Policy (21 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to ongoing delays at Dublin Port relating to inspections by his Department; the measures he is taking to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50767/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that were introduced in Budget 2022 to support the organic sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (21 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a time-limit on the eSPV grant meaning that vehicles that are not delivered and registered as taxis before the end of the year will not be covered; if he will review this situation in view of the well-documented delay in vehicle delivery related to shortage of semi-conductors and so on; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she plans to address the shortage of school bus transport places; if the current 50% loading limit will be lifted after 22 October 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51764/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with colleagues in relation to the advanced practice proposals and pay parity claim by medical scientists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 299. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average grant provided to a household for retrofitting their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51294/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the definition that his Department uses for energy poverty or fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the methodology for measuring and tracking energy and fuel poverty levels that his Department uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of households in energy or fuel poverty in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 298. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost to the State of retrofitting a home for those living or at risk of energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51293/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 304. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he did not increase the €109 million retrofitting budget for those living or at risk of energy poverty in Budget 2022 compared to Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 301. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that will receive financial assistance under the solar PV grant programme in 2022; the estimated average grant; the estimated impact this will have on electricity demand and carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51296/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 302. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that have received a grant to date under the solar PV scheme in each year; the impact this had on carbon emissions to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51297/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 294. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount carried over from his Department’s 2021 budget allocation to Budget 2022; the Departmental underspend in the 2021 budget allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the programmes or initiatives to be funded under the energy transformation heading in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (19 Oct 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detailed breakdown of the €202 million announced for retrofits in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51295/21]