Results 1,901-1,920 of 7,146 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Antisocial Behaviour (4 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to tackle serious antisocial behaviour, violence and threats made towards Irish Rail employees on trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the full assessment report on the Navan rail line as part of the NTA updated transport strategy for the greater Dublin area; the reason for the delay in its publishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (4 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be further extend the ten year rule to give taxi drivers flexibility acknowledging the challenges they still face as a result of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53693/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (4 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle grants were scrapped at such short notice; if his attention has been drawn to the impact this had on car dealers and those planning on purchasing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53691/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts he is making to position Ireland as a world leader in renewable energy research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was spent by public transport companies on private security in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (4 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised wind planning guidelines will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53938/21]

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. It is incredible that on the day the national development plan was launched, we were told by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, that there were projects included in it that will never be delivered. That made sense, however, to any of us who read it, given that it provided for €5.1 billion for new roads, €800 million of which was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (9 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of the 183 actions in the Climate Action Plan 2019 that have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the tax relief on the first €200 of income arising from the domestic generation of electricity supplied to the grid will be in one year; the estimated number of applicants in the first year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54058/21]

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It has been merely a number of weeks since we previously debated a motion on energy prices. This shows how important this issue is. In these few weeks we have witnessed yet more price hikes from suppliers but we have seen absolutely no action from the Government to address the crisis. There have been more than 35 price hike announcements from Irish suppliers this year. They are having a...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: This is wide-ranging legislation. The transport committee undertook pre-legislative scrutiny over the past few months. Many aspects of the Bill seek to make our roads safer from variable speed limits to regulating e-scooters to giving gardaí more powers to check for uninsured vehicles on our roads. Sinn Féin welcomes these provisions. We support making our roads safer and trying...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this debate. I thank the Business Committee for scheduling it and Deputy Naughten who was involved in ensuring that was the case. I commend Deputy Naughten on his chairmanship of the Houses of the Oireachtas Friends of Science group, of which I am a member. I do not get to it as much as I might like, but it is a very useful forum. There is a huge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I will move straight into questions. On a question to the NTA, can I get an update on the Navan rail project? We were expecting a review to be completed and published in July and it is now November. Where is the review and when will we see it? When will we see the greater Dublin area, GDA, transport strategy consultation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: What is the NTA's understanding, based on the provisions of the national development plan, of the prospective timeline for the Navan rail line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Therefore, next Tuesday, we are seeing the GDA consultation go out and there is the timeline in terms of when that GDA consultation becomes enshrined policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Ms Graham. Connecting Ireland is extremely ambitious, which is welcome. There is consultation at the moment but it is planned to expand services between 2022 and 2025. What will that expansion look like year on year? Will we see a lot in 2022? How much funding has been provided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: What will that deliver?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: What criteria were used? Will every county fair well or is prioritisation based on rurality? What case is made when prioritising?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I am sure Ms Graham is aware, because many people in the Meath area have raised it, of the 109A service to Dublin City University, DCU. The case made by the NTA to curtail the service following a review in January was that congestion on the leg between Dublin Airport and DCU and on the way back impacted on punctuality. The curtailment is extremely frustrating. I get the 103A bus and it...