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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (23 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to provide for the use of helmet camera footage in the implementation and enforcement of the rules of the road particularly as it relates to the safety of cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45844/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual estimated cost of reducing VAT on domestic electricity bills by 1%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45325/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected on domestic electricity in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45326/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Chairman and the Minister of State. The cyberattack on the HSE on 14 May had and has a very significant impact on services and this needs to be the fore of our thoughts when we discuss these matters and the implications for people engaging with health services. People were asking at the time how this happened, whether it could have been avoided and whether we could have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: My apologies to the Minister of State for interrupting him but I am conscious of time. I hear what the Minister of State is saying but the review also stated that the NCSC is under-resourced and over-tasked and the Minister of State will not actually say those words. Do the Minister of State and the Government accept all of the recommendations, including those on staffing and restructuring?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Is there an estimated cost for the provision of the headquarters for the NCSC for which I appreciate the requirement for specialist equipment and configuration? Separately, what countries were included in the comparison carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Does the Minister of State have an estimated cost for this at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Is it too early for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: : I thank the Minister of State. It is important that efforts are made to fill those gaps as quickly as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for sticking with us. Why a five-year rather than a two-year plan? What are the considerations involved? Why is the scale of investment not more compressed and front-loaded? Is it because the money is not there? Is it because the recruitment criteria cannot be met? Is it feasible to condense this into two years? The Minister of State rightly said that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the officials. I have a couple of questions on a broader level. Perhaps Mr. Maughan or Mr. Regan will outline the timeline for negotiations, where we are in that process and where this meeting sits in terms of the overall adoption of this. I appreciate we are, as Mr. Maughan said, at an early stage. I also have a question on the relationship of this proposal and suite of measures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: To what degree have we planned for the potential implications of a reduction in carbon tax? Is that the type of work that will be done in the next 18 months or two years?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises in each county connected under the National Broadband Plan in the past 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45065/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (21 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department offers civil servants an employee assistance service but this service cannot offer free counselling sessions to staff, some of whom cannot afford to pay for this vital service privately; if he will remedy this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44733/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: In what sort of ballpark? Maybe Mr. Maughan has the figures before him. Is it 70% or 80%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: This question was asked but I ask Mr. Maughan to expand on the point. I share the concern that has been expressed about the constraints on the 25%, in terms of the ability to decide on the important priority areas of focus, on a year-by-year basis. Mr. Maughan said the 75% is to be distributed between member states. Is there an allocation key for that? On what basis will that be allocated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank my colleagues as they have asked several of the questions I was going to ask which is probably no coincidence. How much of the carbon tax taken in last year, in 2020, which was €495 million, was taken from building and road transport?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I want to raise the issue of global access to vaccines. What role will the Tánaiste and the Government play in ensuring fair and equitable access to vaccines? I am aware of, and support, the call for a TRIPS waiver. Does the Tánaiste support that call? If so, that is great; if not, how will Ireland and the EU play a leading role in that regard? I do not believe that answer is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Driver Test (16 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. One of the proposals that has been raised by driving instructors and others is that we would avail of the resource of driving instructors, either to assess people they deem ready for tests or possibly give them the responsibility of testing. Have any of those types of hybrid models been considered, or does the Minister of State not see them as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Driver Test (16 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his efforts to clear the driving test backlog including the plan to hire additional driving testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44094/21]