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Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: France. €100 per kilowatt hour.

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that unsustainably high energy bills continue to put workers and families under significant financial pressure; notes that: — the average cost of gas and electricity bills has doubled over the last year; — the price of electricity in Ireland is the highest in Europe, and the price of gas is the eighth most expensive...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the fish counts for 2022, in tabular form; and the number of counters that did not provide continuous reports, their geographical location and the duration. [20594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on Inland Fisheries Ireland's national fish counter programme and the methods used for data collection; how the data is being collected; if it is available publicly; how different species are distinguished from one another; and the methods for verification. [20595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 19 April 2023, the reason the total percentage(s) for the better energy warmer homes, better energy warmth and well-being, better energy homes, solar PV and national homes retrofit (on-stop shop) SEAI schemes do not add up to 100%; if there are data missing; and, if so, if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national energy and climate plan will be published. [20642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed dairy farmer retirement scheme details have been finalised; and if there is a timeline for when farmers will be able to avail of this scheme. [20570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 369. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans to increase respite for children and adults with disabilities in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20690/23]

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The Bill provides a new framework to modernise and bolster the law that provides for the protection of our archeological and related heritage. There is much work to be done on the Bill but it is an important piece of work. In County Meath we have many archeological sites. In my own constituency of Meath East we have the High Cross of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I do.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: The Minister said he disagrees with me and gave his response but that response does not deal with any of the issues I raised. There is demand there, of course, and I welcome that but the question is from whom is the demand and what works are being done. I have the figures in front of me. Of all of the works done under the warmer homes scheme, only 3% of households were lifted to a B2...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: The North-South interconnector project needs to be delivered and it is a matter of how we deliver it. A number of findings in the report are important. First, it says that VSC-HVDC is a viable option. Second, it is very critical of the cost-benefit analysis that has been conducted heretofore, specifically in the area of losses over the full life cycle of this project, not just the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofits completed under the SEAI one-stop shop and warmer homes schemes in quarter 1 2023, and for the pre-BER, post-BER of completed projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19963/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the Minister the number of retrofits completed under the SEAI one-stop shop and warmer homes schemes in quarter 1 of 2023, and for the pre-BER, post-BER of completed projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: What we are increasingly getting is a picture of a fundamental flaw in the Government’s approach to the national retrofitting plan. The Minister will have heard me previously welcome the funding and welcome the commitment, but what we see here is a two-track approach, and we see vulnerable people who are poor and live in cold homes being left behind. It is welcome that we are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he intends to act on the recommendations of the energy security review; if he has assessed the environmental, social and economic impact of State-owned gas storage versus commercial LNG; if he will rule out the introduction of commercial LNG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19962/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the Minister how he intends to act on the recommendations of the energy security review, if he has assessed the environmental, social and economic impact of State-owned gas storage versus commercial liquified natural gas, LNG, if he will rule out the introduced of commercial LNG and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I refer to the timeline for this and the active consideration being given to the options set out in the energy security review. There is an understanding that the trilemma of energy security, affordability and sustainability have to be balanced out. It is a question of how to balance them out. What weighting and prioritisation will be given to each leg of the stool, given the identified...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Will the Minister set out the timeline for that ongoing analysis and for a decision? A clear indication from the energy security review is that we need this gas storage. Separately but related, the Minister mentioned the Dermot McCarthy report. Will it be published and, if so, when? How will it be acted on by the Government?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Waste Management (27 Apr 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: The Minister of State knows well - when I read the question to him, I spotted that as well - that my point is about maximising the appropriate segregation of waste and, of course, reducing the amount of waste. The Minister of State outlined the policy, which is to reduce waste, in the first instance, and ensure that it is appropriately segregated. I am asking the Minister of State how, in...