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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That would be excellent because that would be a very good place to start.

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is here. I invite her to correct the record on what is and what is not a Nightingale ward. I hope she has brought herself up to speed on that basic piece of information since our last debate. The Minister knows what the concerns are. He has heard them. I will quote from a tweet. Maybe given the circumstances and the trouble on Twitter I should not...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this important legislation. The Bill contains many provisions that are very important from a workers' rights perspective. We should never forget that members of the Garda are workers. They do a very tough job, made more difficult by the fact they work in an environment that has been under-resourced for a long time. When we are thinking about Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of dedicated funding that will be provided to each local authority to monitor and enforce the smoky coal ban and any future solid fuel regulations as part of the forthcoming Clean Air Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24266/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the forthcoming government Clean Air Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of enforcement notices and prosecutions as reported to the Environmental Protection Agency by local authorities in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022 under the smoky coal ban regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes retrofitted and the number of heat pumps installed to date as part of the National Retrofitting Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24273/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of category A vehicles that were charged with the nitrogen dioxide emissions levy in 2021 and 2022; the revenue raised each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of electric vehicles in Ireland to date in 2022; the number of electric vehicles registered annually over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24276/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools enrolled in the safe routes to school programme in 2022; the number of schools waiting to be enrolled; the number of schools enrolled in the programme by county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24281/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of the 248 new posts for active travel teams in local authorities that have been filled; the number that currently remain outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24282/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the 248 new posts for active travel teams in local authorities by county in tabular form; the number that have been filled to date; the number of vacancies at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24283/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that each county council has drawn down from its allocated active travel funding in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the €289 million allocated for walking and cycling infrastructure in 2022 that has been spent; the areas in which the funding has been spent to date by county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that will be allocated to walking and cycling infrastructure in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated in 2021 and to date in 2022 to each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area and the regional cities under the sustainable transport measures grants; the amounts actually expended and reclaimed by each; the amounts provided in each local authority for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost arising from the reduced 20% public transport fares to the public and the reduced 50% public transport to students and young people under 24 nationwide; if he is considering making the reduction permanent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24289/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total estimated cost of eliminating all public transport fares nationwide, factoring in the cost of providing the additional fleet, depots, drivers and so on to meet the likely resultant substantial increase in passenger numbers if fares were eliminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24290/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total estimated cost of eliminating all public transport fares in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24291/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to increase transport accessibility in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24292/22]