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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to address the bus driver shortage in Ireland; if he will address the delay in issuing licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55357/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that he is taking to support the delivery of the Road Safety Authority, RSA, road safety strategy; if he will outline a timeline for associated enabling legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55358/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: What measures is the Minister taking to support the delivery of the RSA road safety strategy? I ask him to outline a timeline for associated enabling legislation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: These are serious issues. We have a strategy and the Minister of State outlined the activity relating to it, the various groups and enablers involved. When it comes down to it, we are going in the wrong direction. We know that to be the case. Instead of decreasing, the number of accidents and near-misses is increasing. Most regrettably, the number of fatalities and serious injuries is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: The road safety strategy calls for the maintenance of dedicated roads policing and a report on that capacity annually. That analysis could be done more frequently. There needs to be a focus on this issue and policing makes a serious difference, as we know. This is something we can and should do. There are a number of other measures to consider. We have seen an increasing number of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I would be concerned if the expectation is that port infrastructure would be delivered as part of the ORESS because it is almost the wrong way around. To capture the full potential of the opportunity of offshore wind and to deliver it within the best possible timeframe the investment in our ports needs to happen now, not in conjunction with the development of our offshore wind farms. It is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I am concerned with this response because we know our ports have applied for TEN-T funding. As the Minister of State has said, it is competitive. They have applied and they have been unsuccessful. We know that time is ticking and that we have a huge infrastructural deficit in our ports, which is within the responsibility of the Department, albeit we know they are commercial operations....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the port capacity review will be published and when the full review of the national ports policy will be commenced; if he will outline the Exchequer and non-Exchequer funding planned for investment in ports in Ireland, at Rosslare, Cork and Shannon-Foynes in particular, to fund the development works needed to facilitate the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the Minister of State to set out when the port capacity review will be published. When will the full review of the national ports policy be commenced? What level of Exchequer and non-Exchequer funding is planned for investment in ports at Rosslare, Cork and Shannon-Foynes, in particular, to fund the development works needed to facilitate the construction and installation of offshore...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to reduce the long waiting times for NCT appointments; if the private company operating the NCT service has faced any sanction under its contract due to these long delays; if the staff which it has temporarily transferred from Spain are qualified to the same standard as their Irish counterparts; and if he will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the Minister of State to set out the steps she is taking to reduce the long waiting times for national car test, NCT, appointments. Has the private company operating the NCT service faced any sanction under its contract due to these long delays? Are the staff who have been temporarily transferred from Spain qualified to the same standard as their Irish counterparts?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: There are two elements of this for me, the first of which is the inordinate delays. In the first instance, I am not entirely convinced. There is a job of work to notify people about the priority waiting list and the mechanism they should use. I try to find people an appointment in my area, but they will wait until 3 May next year in Kells, 18 May in Navan and 7 June in Drogheda. At...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: The next area I want to focus on is standards, which the Minister of State touched on in her initial reply. I would appreciate if she could expand on it here. I am hearing from unions - SIPTU, in particular, has been in contact with me - and workers that there is a real concern that in the rush to address the backlog, standards are being driven down and new recruits or internal transfers...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his Department's active travel spend, broken down by local authority for 2022, in tabular form; his plans to ensure fair distribution and management of this funding, including clear project timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Connecting Ireland rural mobility plan for County Meath; if he intends to accelerate the roll-out of the plan, given the lack of public transport options in rural Ireland and the need to accelerate the reduction in emissions from the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (10 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the 20% fare reduction to commercial bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55359/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (9 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the basis on which critical skills are added to or removed from the critical skills occupations list; the last time this list was amended; the next time it is intended to be amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55720/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a publication date for the McCarthy review into what went wrong in relation to the electricity generation capacity shortfall which the State is now facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55351/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: Will the Minister provide a publication date for the McCarthy review into what went wrong regarding the electricity generation capacity shortfall which the State is now facing and make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: Following the Minister's conversation yesterday, will be a specific focus on a review of the T-4 option. There has been considerable discussion on this. Some 500 MW were not delivered, 400 MW of which related to the ESB. Will that be included in the review? Is it not entirely clear from the terms of reference whether that will be the case? On a related matter, I ask the Minister for...