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EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I would like to raise the issue of connectivity. Yesterday, I raised the aviation sector with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton. There are very particular challenges there, as the Minister will be well aware. This morning, we heard from Mr. Eugene Drennan, president of the Irish Road Haulage Association,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I am glad the Minister mentioned the enterprise support grant. Taxi drivers are reporting that it can take up to 11 weeks for applications to be processed and in that time they are supposed to be back at work and earning. They do not have the reserves to get back to work. That delay needs to be addressed. I will give an example of an application under the credit guarantee scheme in my...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the Minister's statement that he will engage with taxi drivers. They have clearly set out their asks and they want the Minister, who is their Minister at the Cabinet table, to articulate their position on expanding the Covid pandemic unemployment payment and also the step-down payment. The Minister needs to hear that loudly and clearly from this side of the House and from taxi...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to protect and ensure the future viability of the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25995/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: It should not escape the attention of the Minister that 40% of the Priority Questions that have been tabled are on the issue of taxis. Rather than having a repeat of his exchange with Deputy Boyd Barrett, I ask the Minister to focus on the financial package for taxi drivers for which he is advocating as the Minister with responsibility for the sector.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the funding shortfall at Meath Local Link, which has led to school bus transport from Ratoath to Navan being cancelled; and his plans to address the matter. [25882/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: Children in Skreen have attended school in Navan for generations and they have been accommodated under the school transport scheme for years. Similar to many others around the country, they found their own solutions when they were left out of that scheme, such is its exclusionary nature. Families managed to work with Flexibus and TFI Local Link Louth, Meath, Fingal to get a bus on the road...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: The Government tells us all eligible children will be accommodated. That is a careful use of words, which hides the fact that thousands of children who would have been accommodated in previous years have been excluded from school transport scheme this year. Covid-19 is a factor, but the Government's complete failure to plan, prepare and deliver is a larger one. The Health Protection...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: Replies I received from the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Norma Foley, confirmed that as of last Thursday, 97,644 tickets had been issued for primary and secondary school transport, not including transport for students with special educational needs. The comparable figure this time last year was 103,764. That is a difference of 6,120 children. That is a lot of children who have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of transport strategy for the greater Dublin area. [25881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the reinstatement of the Dublin-Navan rail line would help reduce car emissions by taking thousands of cars off the road every day; his further views on this vital public transport project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Navan rail line. [25879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the electrification of the bus and rail fleet. [25880/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the avenues of appeal available to people after An Bord Pleanála has delivered a verdict; if there is a higher planning authority or avenue through the Planning Regulator, the Houses of the Oireachtas, the courts or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26027/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to help alleviate the shortage of medical scientists by way of a graduate-entry course at Technological University Dublin; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that TU Dublin is preparing for an initial intake of students in January 2020; the measures he will take to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the direct provision centres operating in County Meath; and the contact details for same. [26135/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Technological Universities (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to help alleviate the shortage in medical scientists by way of graduate-entry course at TU Dublin; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the course has received approval in principle from the HSE for funding for clinical placement; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the dentists currently operating the general medical scheme in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection (24 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 248. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 757 of 21 July 2020, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26141/20]

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (23 Sep 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I am sharing with Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Maurice Quinlivan; they may or may not arrive. I will have an opportunity during Question Time tomorrow to raise the taxi industry, public and school bus transport and other important issues relating to transport with the Ministers. 4 o’clock I will be glad to have the opportunity to do that. I want to focus today on the...