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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to the Meath roads policing unit as of 31 December 2020 and 6 September 2022, in tabular form. [44600/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bench Warrants (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Meath Garda division as of 6 September; and the number that are outstanding for a period in excess of two years. [44601/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time nurse officers employed by the Irish Prison Service as of 31 August 2020, 31 August 2021 and 6 September 2022, in tabular form. [44602/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy hours that would be generated with a 20% increase in whole-time equivalent therapy positions to children's disability network teams. [44607/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant urologists recruited per CHO in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [44608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions in the community intervention teams for County Meath that are currently vacant; the titles of these posts; and when each of these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [44609/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time community psychologist based in CHO8 in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [44610/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he spoke with his counterpart during his recent visit to Singapore. [44603/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of sheep meat imported from New Zealand in 2021 and the first half of 2022. [44604/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is good to have the opportunity to hear directly from them. We hope to meet representatives of the NTA in the coming weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes. It is important to have the opportunity to air the issues. It is very clear from the contributions we have heard that there are fundamental problems with the voice of taxi drivers being heard in the industry and being central to the development of the industry. That is something that has been repeated and it will be central to a lot of what we raise with the NTA and on which we need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: While all of these points are important, there is a cliff edge coming next year whereby on top of those who have left the industry post Covid, another 4,000 vehicles, according to the NTA's own figures, are going to be off the road based on the ten-year rule. Can the witnesses tell me in clear terms that there will not be an additional supply coming in through the NTA's recruitment campaign...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: In the best-case scenario, a person could be thousands-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I want to pick up on those points on the extension of the ten-year rule, the issue of transferability, and the bureaucracy involved in the suitability tests, which we are hearing loud and clear. There is also the big piece around the voice of taxi drivers for the future of their own industry. These are the issues we are hearing loud and clear today and we will have to pick up on these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister for attending. It could be believed, from a lot of the public commentary and attention around sectoral emissions ceilings, that the only area of concern was agriculture. It was almost presumed that every other sector would be given a responsibility for the upper end of the carbon budget target range but that is not the case when we see it. I will ask about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to restate the possibility of the Minister’s Department or a central facility where policy proposals and options could be asked as questions and the emissions reductions impact of them could be assessed. Essentially, political parties will launch alternative budgets next week. They will be with confirmed data from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to come back to comments made by Senator Pauline O'Reilly and address the political charge that was made. I will correct the record in that regard, if I can. It is not correct to say that only one party failed to offer a position in advance of the announcement of the sectoral emissions ceilings. I would suggest that two parties in government did not offer a position and their only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I am not suggesting that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses. It is important that we are here and I welcome the opportunity for the debate. There is much concern and this points to a possible spectacular failure to manage our energy transition. People are deeply concerned. There is a Government that has been arguing against progressive market reforms at a European and Irish level and it is failing to deliver targeted...