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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the social housing retrofitting budget by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23866/24]

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to give the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) the legislative remit to effectively monitor wholesale and retail prices in the energy market; to increase the frequency and level of reporting; to effectively monitor and regulate hedging practices; to strengthen the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: What are the plans for Thornton Hall? Last week, we received notification from the community engagement team that it will be used as emergency accommodation and that this accommodation will be brought on stream in the near future. That is all of the information we have. I have spoken to the two Ministers involved. It has been reported that this will take four to six weeks and that it may...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the measures his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23297/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the Minister to report on the measures his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the report from the Oireachtas committee on renewables and offshore wind and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I want to ask specifically about recommendation 8. It refers to Wind Energy Ireland and the Skills for Zero Carbon report. Regarding ports specifically, there is a recommendation for investment in our ports. This is an issue that comes up consistently. I hear the response from Government regarding applications for European funding but we have seen in the past that our ports have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the labour constraints identified in various reports (details supplied) that Ireland faces in order to meet our 2030 targets; the measures being taken by his Department to address those labour constraints; the measures being taken to equip the labour force with the necessary skills to reach our 2030 targets; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Climate Action Plan (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on progress on the actions on which his Department is leading in the 2024 climate action plan annexe of actions; if these actions are proceeding on time; to report on work to develop a framework to oversee emerging skills requirements for e-mobility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Action Plan (23 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on industrial heat decarbonisation; the measures he is taking to decarbonise industrial heat; the supports he is providing for industry to decarbonise their heat sources; to report on the level of reduction of emissions reached to date given the target of 20% by 2025 and 45% by 2030; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Change Policy (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Electricity emissions reductions are significantly contributed to by imported electricity. That fact should not be lost. There are carbon budgets and sectoral emission ceilings out to 2030 but there is no plan to deliver emissions reductions to meet those targets. In fact, including the 5.25 megatonnes unallocated on an annual basis with all of the measures proposed by the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I want to raise the issue of the number of gardaí, specifically the resource allocation model, because there is a shortage of gardaí right across the State. It is very pronounced and no more so than in my county, Meath. County Meath has the lowest number of gardaí per head of population in the State, at in the region of 142 per 100,000 people. The next worst is County...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but I have to say, while it is useful information, it does not address the issue I am raising here today. My sense of things is reflected anecdotally and I can give some examples in my own area. A lady contacted my office who moved into a new one-bedroom unit in December. Her first energy bill for six weeks in the house was €615. That is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue and I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, for being here to take it. I raised the issue very briefly with him on Priority Questions last week but I am glad to have some extra time here to focus on it. I am concerned that people, who are isolated, have exorbitant bills related to heat pump use. I have spoken to members...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of financial sponsorship provided by Fáilte Ireland to events and conferences in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23107/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to the retrofitting of social housing, the number of heat pumps installed in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the average cost of these installations in per year, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the pre and post-BER assessments following heat pump installation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to the retrofitting of social housing; the number of local authority homes retrofitted in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the average cost of these retrofits in per year, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the pre- and post-BER assessments of these retrofits; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the number of social authority homes that have been retrofitted with solar PV panels in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the average cost of these retrofits in per year, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the pre- and post-BER assessments; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ComReg’s Enforcement Functions: Discussion (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for attending. I apologise for missing the start of the meeting. I was in the Dáil. On the enforcement actions taken by ComReg and, specifically, the code of practice for individual companies, how useful is the code of practice as a measure to ensure standards and performance? The number of cases that have been taken is small. More widely, could improvements be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ComReg’s Enforcement Functions: Discussion (22 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Does ComReg have a role in the development of the customer charter or the code of practice? I would appreciate a sense of how it is developed.