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- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 Oct 2022)
Darren O'Rourke: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he intends to address the issue of Charleville students trying to access college in Limerick and Cork without adequate morning public transport services; if his attention has been drawn to dozens of parents that are making two trips daily to Limerick city due to a total lack of accommodation, which is adding to their carbon...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: I have several questions. On the radio yesterday and again today, the Minister mentioned that contracts will be concluded in a matter of days or shortly. He indicated a figure of €350 million initially. Is he confident that this will be enough to deliver on the projects? It was reported in the Business Postlast week or the week before that, with inflation costs, committed projects...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: Through auction.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: How many assets or sites is the Minister talking about?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: The Minister does not need to name them. There are roughly two sites-----
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: -----and 200 to 250-----
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: Is it hoped that they can be adapted to use zero-emissions fuels?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: Is the timeframe for delivery within the region of nine months?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: Let me return to the challenge related to those projects that were in the auction proper. In addition to the CRU, what other body will need to be involved? What sort of options will be on the table?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: Over how much energy capacity is there a question mark?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: This matter has been reported in the Business Post. Has the CRU or the Minister been contacted on the viability of that capacity? How urgent is this?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: On a related point, we are reading that Tarbert's capacity is down and that it is unlikely to be back to its full capacity over the winter. A fire or some other incident knocked out capacity there. I presume this tightens an already tight situation.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: I have a couple of questions. I refer to some of the language around the €200 and its relationship with VAT. To be clear, households can expect to see a reduction of a total of €200 three times. It will be one hundred and eighty-whatever euro plus VAT. It will be a total of €200. The last time around, there was a switch in relation to VAT in the middle of it and...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: Will it be spread evenly spread? The Minister has heard me make this point previously. Some local authorities are for a range of reasons more enthusiastic, but also better placed or better resourced initially, to take advantage of these opportunities. Will it be evenly spread or how will the funding be allocated?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: I do not see where the large energy user rebalancing subvention is accounted for. It is a measure to reduce the cost of electricity bills on households. It is a measure the Minister brought in in 2010 and that has been in place up until a couple of weeks ago. According to reports, it involved €600 million on household bills over a decade. Where is that accounted for? When was it...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: Will households will see the benefit of that tariff being lifted off?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: I thought the point was it was levied on household bills to the benefit of large energy users.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: It would be worth the committee following up. I have written parliamentary questions and they have been referred to the CRU. The CRU is accountable to the committee. The detail on this is not entirely clear. In fairness, Ms Caroline O'Doherty from the Irish Independenthas highlighted it. Nobody has contradicted the point about €600 million over ten years. It warrants further...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) Darren O'Rourke: I did not put that question to them.