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Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this report and the wide-ranging implications Ireland’s declining water quality has, from the devastation it is wreaking on our biodiversity to the deteriorating quality of life it is inflicting on our local communities. The significance of the problem is difficult to overstate and it should be treated with the absolute urgency it deserves. I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Croatian counterpart. [31471/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish Consulate General or Vice Consul in Texas, USA, has spoken formally with the Dallas Police Department Chief of Police in 2022 and to date in 2023. [31478/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met the Chairperson of the ESB in the past three months. [31470/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate additional capacity to PSO bus routes in Meath. [31474/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and locations of charging points for electric vehicles in County Meath. [31475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures the Government is taking in response to the estimated €1.9 billion in climate harmful spending identified in Budget 2023; what measures, if any, he is taking to ensure that this cost is reduced in Budget 2024; if he has plans to review the harmful impact infrastructure provision and wider environmental impacts...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works that were carried out on behalf of the OPW at Trim Castle over the past 18 months; and the refurbishment works scheduled to take place at Trim Castle over the next 12 months. [31469/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year cost to recruit ten additional WTE special educational needs organisers, in tabular form. [31479/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of current Fáilte Ireland board members who are directors or shareholders in companies that have received finance, grants or other supports from Fáilte Ireland. [31468/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that the Meath divisional drugs unit has dealt with in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [31472/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of members of An Garda Síochána who have a competency-based driving permit at Level 4. [31473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric audiologists working in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO8 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [31476/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for eye care with the HSE, by age cohort and length of wait, in tabular form. [31477/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: To pick up on Senator Doherty's point, is Project BRUCE, Better Road User Charging Evaluation, looking at all of those scenarios? Regarding the transition towards zero-emission vehicles, we have a funding stream that involves taxes based on emissions. We have limited tolling infrastructure, which is very frustrating for those using it. Is Project BRUCE looking at-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: One scenario in the future might be that we raise revenues based on the number of kilometres driven. How can that be measured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Is Project BRUCE looking at all of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: What is the timeline on it? How advanced is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Or proposals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I have a question about the N2 Rath roundabout to Kilmoon Cross transportation corridor. It is one of the projects that has been stalled. Meath County Council has gone back to TII and TII has gone to the Minister. What was the request from the council? What did it look for? I think it was to advance the project. When did TII write to the Minister and how long has it been waiting for a...