Results 2,421-2,440 of 6,781 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the local authority biodiversity officer programme. [26331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the local authority biodiversity officer programme; the number of officers who are in position to date and in which local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the staffing levels of the local authority biodiversity officer programme, their salaries, and in which local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26335/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the local authority biodiversity officer programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26336/23]

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on biodiversity action and I welcome the fact we are having this debate. Nature is under threat everywhere. We are in the midst of a global biodiversity crisis. Our life support system, the interconnected ecosystem that is the beating heart of our societies and economies, is being degraded, homogenised and destroyed. The figures are stark and they cannot...

Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I also welcome Senator Murkowski. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. Offshore renewables have the potential to decarbonise our energy system, the electricity, heat, transport and the residential sectors and those of large parts of Europe and have the potential to transform the Irish economy if we use our abundant natural resources to create national wealth and good...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: It is a little over a year since medical scientists went on strike for the first time in 60 years. Since then, the independent Medical Scientist Grade Assessment Report by Conall Devine was commissioned and reported and vindicated the position of medical scientists and their legitimate claim for pay parity with clinical biochemists. The report was published in January this year yet still...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and total value of solar photovoltaic grants provided in 2022; the average grant provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will increase the funding for the sustainable energy communities programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25061/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of projects in respect of the national trust transition fund; the nature of such projects; the total value of the projects; and the number of full-time and indirect jobs created in these projects to date. [25062/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if retrofitting grants will be available to persons with solid fuel central heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25063/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff working in the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; their cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the offshore wind delivery taskforce is resourced to complete its objectives and mandate. [25071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with waste management companies regarding their recent price increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25082/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with energy companies regarding the fall in wholesale energy prices; if these will be passed onto the customer; when this is likely to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25083/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff working in the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority; their cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25064/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of biodiversity expertise in the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25065/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of marine and environmental expertise in the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff working in An Bord Pleanála; their cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of marine and environmental expertise in An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25069/23]