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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 29 November 2022, if it is the case that there are no conservation measures contained in the NPWSs published site-specific conservation objectives for the River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC site code 002299, despite indications in response to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 11...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses. I was happy to listen to all of the contributions and the debate over the past two and a half hours or however long we have been here. Understandably, there was interest from colleagues from the regions. As transport spokesperson for my party, it is important to have this opportunity. It is part of an extended series of meetings that we have done with a range of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Is Mr. MacCarthy satisfied that those systems are in place and he can secure the capital support he has outlined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Mr. Ó Cúláin touched on his relationship with Donegal County Council. I would like to hear about the wider tourism and business proposition and whether route development is under way or there is a need for specific new route development.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: The committee could certainly pick up that proposal. If the witnesses have anything to add after this meeting, it would be useful to provide it so that we could take to the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I would like to hear from Ms Considine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I will pick up on a couple of points. The Department indicated that, between 2013 and 2021, shallow retrofits had been carried out on 75,000 local authority houses by way of cavity wall and attic insulation. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, tells us a very significant number of the shallow retrofits carried out during that time could benefit from being revisited as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Is there an efficiency to be gained from it? I am conscious that we have an acute workforce shortage and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Reading the note on Articles 27 and 28, I remembered conversations with environmental officers in various local authorities about how to avoid demolition. That is the right approach, but where demolition is happening, it seems that the licensing system is acting as a barrier in practical terms to the reuse of materials and is contributing to more construction waste ending up in landfill or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Is there an opportunity? It would be for the EPA to assess the consequences of the licensing system and various policies on where materials end up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. Armstrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: My next question relates to aggregation. Is the Department's targeting of clusters or individual homes in a local authority area for deep retrofitting arbitrary? Is it based on BER ratings, energy poverty or household incomes? How are homes identified and prioritised?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Missions (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to have a trade mission to the west coast of United States of America in the next three months. [6976/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies by job title at the Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 30 January 2023; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6977/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Navan rail line project will now proceed to design and appraisal given its inclusion as a medium-term project in the Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022-2042; if he will provide an update and indicative timeline for each of the phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6908/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Navan rail line will not proceed to construction in advance of 2031 due to funding constraints in the national development plan to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6909/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding was made available in the national development plan prior to 2030 to provide for the construction of the Navan rail line; the estimated timeline for delivery on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (14 Feb 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time taxi enforcement officials working for the National Transport Authority in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6971/23]