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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I will pick up on a couple of points and I apologise for going over some old ground. Population increase, the increased number of cars and increased risk were mentioned. Do the witnesses have the figures of the numbers on the road now or the increase over recent years? Perhaps Mr. Walsh has them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: It is an indicator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Another issue is deteriorating behaviour. I am sorry if I missed it, but is there any indication of what has changed? Has there been any behavioural analysis? We all presume, and there is probably a fair amount of evidence for that, that the less enforcement there is, such as fewer speed checks, the less likelihood there is of getting caught. There is, therefore, a certain freedom. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Does the RSA ask why drivers think it is okay, whether they thought it was okay two years ago and whether this position has changed? The immediate question that comes to mind is whether drinking at home has changed this. Has the RSA tried to get to the bottom of this? Are there further indications of where the RSA thinks it would go with this information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: This is something we heard very clearly in repeated sessions from the RSA and from the medical bureau. It is a very strong message. I want to pick up on this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: There is a clear message today from the RSA that it urges sufficient resources for dedicated policing of our roads and it welcomes the implementation of the 30 minutes measure. We heard from the GRA at its conference that gardaí think it is public relations. I do not know what term they had for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I hear something different from the RSA. Are the witnesses saying they want to see every available opportunity taken whereby the maximum number of Garda resources are available to road policing and that it needs to happen as soon as possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I will finish with a comment. I do not have the full details, but perhaps the RSA can have a look at it in any event. I have seen some criticism online about RSA productions and advice for vulnerable road users regarding the way it is framed. It almost puts the responsibility on them. We know they have a responsibility but the emphasis is on young children making themselves visible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Exactly. The RSA should look at the emphasis in this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for their engagement with the committee. I am interested in their reflections on the climate action ecosystem, of which they are an essential element. For us here in the Oireachtas, we have had the climate legislation, we have been finding our way through the process of carbon budgets and sectoral emission ceilings, and we have been holding Departments to account in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of Garda officers, by rank, attached to all Meath East Garda stations in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of Garda officers who retired from Meath East Garda stations in the same period; and if this is commensurate with population increases in Meath from 2020 to 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to establish a dedicated transport police; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17702/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on progress to retrofit traditional and historical buildings; if district heating will play a role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on the progress of the OPW in assessing the impact of climate change on flooding and flood risk assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17706/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the SRESS; when he expects details of the scheme to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Pollution (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the preparations his Department is making to ensure there are adequate measures in place to mitigate the risk of toxic water run-off as part of the development of the energy storage policy framework due to be published in quarter 2 of this year; what work his Department has done to mitigate the risk; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Offices (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the climate action regional offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17936/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on the review his Department is undertaking regarding the budgetary treatment of EPCs; when he expects this review to be completed and results published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17921/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (23 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on MPA legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17947/24]