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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has contacted electricity and gas providers in relation to proposed increases in prices during the Covid-19 pandemic; the providers he has made contact with; the outcome of these discussions; his views on not increasing energy prices during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation Levy (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the impact the large increase in the PSO will have on electricity customers during the Covid-19 pandemic in view of the fact hundreds of thousands of persons are already struggling financially. [29963/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the findings of a study (details supplied) and its follow-up reports; the steps she is taking to address the linguistic emergency in intergenerational transmission of Irish and its use in social networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authorities are compliant with the statutory imperative pursuant to a section of an Act (details supplied) that county development plans for counties containing a Gaeltacht area must include objectives for the promotion of Irish as the community language of the Gaeltacht; if this objective is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to direct local authorities containing Gaeltacht areas to prohibit the building of housing estates in areas in which Irish is a community language, that is, areas designated A and B in a study pursuant to a section of an Act (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30286/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide by regulation under a section of an Act (details supplied) that each planning application for planning permission affecting land in the Gaeltacht be accompanied by a linguistic impact assessment prepared by an independent expert in sociolinguistics, language planning or both that must objectively prove...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans pursuant to section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to direct that in the case of a person with long-established links to a part of an electoral division within a Gaeltacht area, the linguistic impact assessment not be determinative for a one-off house on land in that electoral division to which that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans pursuant to section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to direct that persons who establish by means of assessment under the objective of a university a B2 level of fluency in spoken Irish be deemed to have local housing needs for the purpose of a planning permission application in a Gaeltacht area and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans pursuant to section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to direct that the percentage of holiday homes in an electoral division within a Gaeltacht area not exceed 10% of the housing stock of that electoral division and in cases in which it does exceed 10%, that planning permission applications that would...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the initial studies as agreed in the NDP on the proposed railway line from Derry to Dublin have been commissioned; if he has spoken to the Department of Infrastructure in Northern Ireland in relation to any potential proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29301/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether an all-island approach to future rail provision is essential; if he has engaged with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland to discuss this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29305/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with his counterparts in the Stormont Executive to develop sustainable and fair pricing structures for cross-Border bus services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that bus ticket offers vary significantly depending on the place of departure, between Derry and Dublin for example; his views on whether the price...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (8 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the latest discussions that have taken place with the UK Government on the ongoing dispute over the ownership of Lough Foyle; the discussions that have taken place recently in this regard in terms of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29302/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (8 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to continue to work with Donegal County Council and Foyle Port on their proposals to develop the Greencastle Harbour; if he has spoken with his counterpart in the Stormont Executive regarding collaboration in terms of developing Lough Foyle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29303/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is the case that works on the SEAI warmer home scheme were suspended or are suspended due to Covid-19; the number of homes affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28793/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (6 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of current Exchequer funding provided for 2019 and forecast to be provided for 2020 and 2021 for the provision of public transport via the National Transport Authority, NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28124/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (6 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the emergency designation of five strategic maritime routes as PSO routes for a period of three months will be extended; if so, the Exchequer funding provided for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (6 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2020, the total amount of additional Covid-related Exchequer expenditure for 2021 for his Department; if he will provide a breakdown by line items of this additional expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28701/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria which apply regarding the sale and allocation of new houses and housing developments in Gaeltacht areas to ensure the Irish language is maintained and protected in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28360/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is compulsory in all Gaeltacht areas that a language impact assessment accompany planning applications for new housing developments; the way in which such an impact assessment should be prepared; the legislation, regulations and guidelines which informs same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28361/20]