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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I have tabled four amendments and they are all on a theme. They have all been ruled out of order because they are beyond the scope of the Bill. I understood the Minister would table amendments in line with those I have tabled. It is still my position that I would rather the Minister table amendments to do what we have tried to do in the amendments I tabled. This is to commit in black and...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: The other amendment I tabled is on a progress report on the establishment of a new marine casualty investigations unit being laid before the Dáil. We are trying to get a cast-iron guarantee from the Minister and the Department that the commitments he has made verbally would be delivered upon. We know the context of this debate. It came up during pre-legislative scrutiny. We all know...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: To tease that point out, I appreciate the Minister's response. It reflects the private meeting we had. To provide the level of assurance, because there will be some scepticism from people who follow this closely, who will point to reports from 1998 and 2010 that were clear about the need for a new departure and a change in the direction of travel, as that did not happen. Whether it is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. It outlines a series of updates on what is different now from all those years ago. It outlines what the route forward is not, but it does not outline what the route forward is. The option of a statutory investigation needs to be on the table and it should be actively explored. If it is not a tribunal of inquiry, it needs to be something that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I raise the case of the murder of Una Lynskey in 1971 at Porterstown Lane outside Ratoath in County Meath in my constituency. It was the first and oldest case covered in the recent RTÉ "Crimes and Confessions" programme. The case destroyed a number of families. Ms Lynskey was 19 years old when she was murdered. The case remains unresolved. The Garda investigation into the murder of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the seven successful community projects in RESS-1; if all the projects are still progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that disincentives for landlords not retrofitting their houses were not included in the new National Retrofit Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8166/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of households that will apply for the attic and cavity wall insulation scheme in the new National Retrofit Scheme in each of the years 2022 to 2026; the estimated budget for the programme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8167/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of households that will apply for the deep retrofit scheme in the new National Retrofit Scheme in each of the years 2022 to 2026; the estimated budget for the programme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8168/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he examined the inclusion of a household income cap in the new National Retrofit Scheme; if so, the income caps that were examined by his Department; the estimated number of households that would be excluded under each income cap if the cap was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8169/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated carbon reduction savings made by upgrading 100,000 homes under the new attic and cavity wall insulation scheme in the new National Retrofit Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8170/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Yield (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax raised in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the inclusion of an income cap for electric vehicle grants; if so, the income caps that were examined by his Department; the estimated number of persons that would be excluded under each income cap if it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8171/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the excise on motor diesel and petrol raised respectively in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the carbon tax on motor diesel and petrol raised respectively in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 8 February 2022, the breakdown of carbon tax income by year and categorised baseline, additional and total. [8356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he will put in place to ensure the new schemes under the National Retrofit Plan do not result in tenants being evicted by landlords citing said retrofitting schemes as an excuse for eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: Regarding profitability and protecting customers from charges when suppliers are making extraordinary profits, the witnesses say there is no evidence to support that and that from time to time, there is a market monitoring system. Could they give me some information about how the CRU assesses that? I know there have been public charges. Are investigations ongoing? If so, at what stage are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: How long will that take or when might people expect to see an outcome of those processes?