Results 421-440 of 12,266 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2026 (26 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline some of his Department's priorities for Budget 2026 as the Estimates process commences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34316/25]

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Minister for the briefing provided by his team. For programme A, cycling, walking and greenway, the outturn for 2024 was €387 million. As the Minister has outlined, the budget for 2025 is €360 million. That is a 7% decrease in terms of what was spent in 2024 versus what is budgeted this year. There is real concern about the almost systematic removal of references...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: After the NDP review, does the Minister expect he will be in a position to raise that annual spend on programme A from €360 million and be able to do a higher annual spend?

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Minister. Yesterday, we saw really good news from CIE about increased passengers numbers across Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Éireann as well. We are seeing a steady increase in passenger numbers. The Minister has referred to it already. Has his Department done any work in terms of analysing the impact the fare reductions we have seen over the last number of years have...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Minister. Undoubtedly the Minister's officials are bringing together the Department's bid for budget 2026 at the moment. Does the Minister intend to put in a bid for a new funding line for the public transport security service? Does he intend to have a line on that for budget 2026? How much is the Minister looking for in the context of budget 2026? Does he have a sense of...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: What are those acceleration options?

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Another Deputy raised the issue of contactless ticketing. I did not have an oral question last night so I did not hear the Minister's discussion of it in the House. When we spoke about this last week during my Private Member's time, the Minister gave the 2027 delivery date for phase 1, which is the in-use testing phase. Will commuters be using contactless in phase 1? What kind of scale...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: What do the next two phases look like then? Is the Minister in a position to give any detail on those?

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: No one could accuse 2029 as being in a rush.

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Minister for that extra detail, which is really useful. The Minister referred to the NDP review and we will know the outcome of that in July. I am interested to know what scale of additional investment the Minister is looking for. When the NDP is announced for his Department, is there going to be a specific allocation or a pot for the Department? Will we get a sense of what...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Finally on that, in each budget each year, the increased capital will be allocated across the various sectors of public transport, new roads and so on, but when the announcement comes out in July, will we have a sense of the overall pot that has been given to the Minister's Department and, without going into specific programmes, how much of that will go to public transport versus how much...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering public transport fare reductions in his Department's estimates 2026 submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34027/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the introduction of a maximum Leap card fare in regional cities, similar to the 90-minute fare in Dublin for €2; the way in which this will fit into the new National Fare Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34028/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fuel Poverty (24 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) which works to address issues of energy poverty, would be suitable for inclusion on the Cross Governmental Task Force on Energy Affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33717/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fuel Poverty (24 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which he plans to advance the Programme for Government commitment to explore ways to use surplus renewable energy to help reduce energy poverty, ensuring that renewable energy benefits all communities; if measures to achieve this commitment will be set out in the Climate Action Plan 2026; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Policies (24 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider announcing a policy recommending that, going forward, all devices, heat pumps, batteries and immersion controllers being newly installed should be connected and support demand flexibility, and end the use of 'dumb', unconnected devices in new homes or for upgrades; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax certification regime that is to be put in place for vaping products and if he will address the concern that using a self-certification process rather than a tax stamp will increase opportunities for black market products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33716/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Tánaiste. As he says, Ireland has a good take-up of the HPV vaccine, but at a time when vaccine scepticism is being mainstreamed, our take-up rates have been falling. A rough estimation is that approximately 16,000 eligible Irish kids are not taking up the vaccine each year. That is why the catch-up scheme is so important. We know the risks from the HPV virus and that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: In the past two weeks we have seen the very concept of vaccination being undermined by the incumbent Secretary for Health and Human Services in the United States. It is at times like this that the science-led approach to vaccination we have in Ireland is so important. The HPV vaccine was first made available to teenage girls in 2010 and subsequently provided to teenage boys from 2019....

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am speaking on behalf of the Green Party on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill, which has been drafted and delivered at speed. I will come back to the point about speed in a moment. I will focus my remarks on one particular cohort of renters, namely, student renters. One the question of speed, I spoke at the launch of the Raise the Roof motion on Monday. I said the Government...