Results 5,601-5,620 of 6,816 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the buildings at a now-closed national school (details supplied); if they are to be let out to a third-party; if they will be open for use to the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25286/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to differences in funding support for clinical psychologists doctoral training compared to educational psychologists and counselling psychologists; the way he plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (12 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the additional investment needed to provide greater capacity across all modes to meet expected increase in demand if free public transport was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25023/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (12 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce an integrated ticketing system across the public transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25024/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (12 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent in each of the years 2015 to 2020 on improving the ticketing systems across the public transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (12 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend on the cessation of the turf-cutting compensation scheme in each year since its establishment; the number of persons who availed of this scheme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24835/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Chair. I will move quickly to questions. I thank Mr. Bassato for his presentation. In Ireland, we have a protocol that is a pre-departure PCR test within 72 hours of departure, mandatory hotel quarantine, which follows a strict regime for countries with variants of concern, and for everybody else - the majority of travellers - a trust-based quarantine system, as he mentioned....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I have just one follow-up question. Is it still the case that there is a trust-base quarantine system in place, a passenger has a post-arrival test but is still expected to quarantine for a period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It is an important point that the post-arrival antigen testing affords people the opportunity to avoid the quarantine requirement and the results have been outlined there. That is something that we can note as a committee. I thank Mr. Bassato.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Testing and Air Travel: Nuevo Ireland (12 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the representatives from Nuevo for the presentation. My background is in diagnostics so I am interested. I agree with Dr. Kenny that we have seen lots of technological developments in recent decades. Hopefully, this is another example of such a development. However, there is always the question of quality, and we have seen some comment on that in the media in recent days. Will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 373. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which the Passport Office will reopen at full capacity; the date on which the passport backlog is expected to be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of funding the endoscopy action plan to build a sustainable endoscopy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (11 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending publicly funded fertility preservation services to children and adolescent cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23714/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Following up on that point, I second Deputy O'Donnell's proposal. I sit on the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks. There is an interesting and important window of opportunity to carry out that pilot study. We have this hybrid model, which I have argued against because I believe it should be stronger, of mandatory hotel quarantine for a specific cohort and a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (6 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of park and ride facilities in each county; the details of proposed new park and ride facilities; the amount invested in park and ride facilities in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (6 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses operating under the rural transport scheme; the number of kilometres this scheme covered in 2019; the number of communities this scheme serves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23446/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of buses operating under the school bus transport programme; the number of students carried on school bus transport in 2019; the number of routes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23447/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (5 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines; the reason for the significant delay in publishing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13265/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (5 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: What is the timeframe for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines, what is the reason for the significant delay in their publication and will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter? The 2006 guidelines have been under review for a considerable period.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (5 May 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am interested in knowing what he understands "as quickly as possible" to mean. He will appreciate that there is considerable interest in these guidelines and many people are waiting on them. Over recent weeks, the Joint Committee on Climate Action heard from the planning regulator, who said that the guidelines were needed urgently, and Wind...