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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)
Darren O'Rourke: I thank Ms Donnelly for her presentation and for being with us. Starting off with the Climate Change Advisory Council, CCAC, itself, in earlier stages it was insightful to get the perspective of former chairs on the working of the group. After Ms Donnelly's initial experience, are there ways she would improve the CCAC? Is she happy it is sufficiently resourced, has access to the necessary...
- Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)
Darren O'Rourke: I have a number of questions and concerns in relation to the provisions of this amendment, particularly as it relates to the price of fuel at the pump. Commuters and those involved in transport are seeing the price of petrol and diesel increasing at the forecourt every day. They are looking to the Government for some relief but they do not see it. Here we have a proposal to offset but as...
- Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)
Darren O'Rourke: Mandatory hotel quarantine is an important tool in our defence against the virus, particularly when the number of cases is low or, as is the case now, when dangerous variants break out. Sinn Féin will support this legislation and has tabled a number of amendments, as my colleague Deputy Cullinane outlined. The emergence of the Omicron variant is a concern and we must take appropriate...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for the update. In terms of this transfer, what would be the implications for the roll-out of retrofitting under the schemes? The Minister of State said the purpose of this is to increase the resources for the retrofitting schemes, including the warmer homes scheme. We expect to have the national retrofitting plan soon. Does the Minister of State have a sense...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State. Does he have indicative figures in respect of the type of ramping up or the timeline? He stated that many more people will be included in the scheme. How many will be included? The turnaround time from assessment to works being completed is more than two years in many cases. Is there an estimate for when that might be reduced to a more reasonable timeframe?...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Darren O'Rourke: In the context of broadband targets, what is the status in respect of the 60,000 by the end of January?I refer to the article of which the Minister of State is aware that was published in the Business Postregarding the private operators passing-----
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Darren O'Rourke: Exactly.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Darren O'Rourke: Is the figure of 30,000 a recent one? How far off the figure of 60,000-----
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Darren O'Rourke: Not too many have turned up to the meeting. I think we are all right for time.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021) Darren O'Rourke: No problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)
Darren O'Rourke: I have been in and out of the meeting with another matter, so apologies if I am going over old ground. I wish Mr. Llewellyn well in his new role. I am interested in his perspective on the role of TII. Does he think the role of roads, as we have understood them for so long in terms of carrying cars, lorries and buses, is changing, in light of the sustainable future with climate targets, a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)
Darren O'Rourke: Does Mr. Llewellyn envisage an expanded role for the organisation in terms of active travel, or is it more of a case of working with organisations, such as the NTA and others, in a co-ordinated way to deliver on those projects? What is the most efficient way to deliver?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)
Darren O'Rourke: In respect of the planning process, I presume it is not entirely within the gift of TII outside of funding. Obviously, Mr. Llewellyn has international experience and can make comparisons. From initial discussions with colleagues in TII, does he believe that our planning system is fit for purpose? What types of changes does he think might be needed to ensure that major transport projects...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)
Darren O'Rourke: On a separate topic, I read a piece last week in one of the newspapers on funding for TII that has been impacted by something in the order of €100 million this year because of lower income in a complicated way, but related to traffic volumes on toll roads. Does Mr. Llewellyn have a concern in relation to that? Does that affect, in a real way, TII's bottom line? Is the organisation...