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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary)
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I do not dispute a word of what the Minister of State said. What I am pointing to, however, is the engagement of the RSA and the Health and Safety Authority's assessment of the issue. I am not disputing anything the Minister of State is saying but I am asking where is the progress being made on behalf of the RSA? Is there an inch being given? The Minister of State talked about variability...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The importance of the State's accident investigative units was highlighted in recent weeks with the publication of the final report into the R116 crash off the Mayo coast in 2017, which was a report and investigation conducted by the Air Accident Investigation Unit, AAIU. This report laid out the extensive investigation carried out by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (24 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas in which the €360 million in active travel funding will be spent in 2022, in tabular form; the amount from each Department that makes up the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57665/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the shortage of SNAs in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the school bus transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57912/21]

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It is not going great.

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Sinn Féin recognises the urgency needed to tackle climate change, we back our national greenhouse emissions target and we worked constructively throughout the extensive consideration of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill. It is worth saying that unlike some in government who argued against interim...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the persons and companies he held a meeting with at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the percentage share of the average demand from each sector of the electricity market, that is, domestic, non-domestic, medium and large commercial for the 2020-2021 public service obligation levy year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount raised in 2019 by Bus Éireann by charging passengers a fee to place a non-folding bicycle in the hold of a bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57636/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the cycle to work scheme in 2019 and 2020; the number of persons who availed of it in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57029/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the cycle to work threshold for bicycles from the current €1,250 to €1,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the cycle to work threshold for ebikes from the current €1,500 to €1,750 and from €1,500 to €2,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the cycle-to-work scheme to self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 648. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the site in Ratoath, County Meath purchased by the HSE with a view to building a primary care centre; the status of plans to deliver a primary care centre on this site; if the HSE will engage with the local community with a view to allowing the use of the space as public greenspace in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Chairman and I very much appreciate that. I also thank the witnesses. My apologies to Dr. Saheb as I did not quite hear a couple of figures that she referred to and I may ask her to repeat them. I believe she mentioned that there were €2.15 trillion in stranded assets and also referred to a €1.3 trillion figure. Can she clarify what those figures relate to? I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: There is a huge backlog in driving tests ranging from 66,000 up to 100,000 at times. Despite this, the Road Safety Authority, RSA, is intent on letting 34 driving testers go between now and next May. I ask the Minister to intervene to ensure they are not let go. Many of these testers were taken on under temporary contracts in 2017 and 2018. Those contracts have been renewed numerous...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (18 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic collisions at Oberstown Cross, Oberstown, Tara, County Meath in the past 12 months; the dates of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56712/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the way an Irish citizen or legal permanent residents who receive their vaccine in the United States of America can get their booster shot in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56628/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses. I will follow up on some of the issues on procurement. Is there a threshold above or below which projects have to be tendered? I know there was a figure in a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Is there a figure now? Is it, for example, above €50,000?