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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 16: In page 14, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(f) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5): “(5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4) of this section, the Commission may— (a) attach to a consent given under subsection (1) of this section for the construction by...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I will withdraw the three amendments in the group with a view to reintroducing them on Report Stage, if necessary and in light of what the Minister of State has just said. Hopefully, the gas package will be before us by the end of the year. In practical terms, how does the Minister of State foresee pulling this conversation on these amendments and the gas package together? Will it be done...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: We had a similar experience with the senior Minister, as Minister for Transport, around the Marine Casualty Investigations Board. That initial legislation - if we compare it with this process - was frustrated and delayed significantly. In fairness to the Minister, a very helpful role he played, and which unlocked the thing, was to give an indication during the deliberations on the initial...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 17: In page 14, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(f) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6): “(6) In case the holder of a consent given under subsection (1) of this section constructs a pipeline the holder shall take all reasonable measures to reduce gas demand and GHG emissions in...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I move amendment No. 18: In page 14, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(f) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (4): "(4) Where, from the appointed day, the Commission determines that the capacity of existing or proposed distribution or transmission pipelines in a particular geographical area, as specified by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. Strachan and wish him the best of luck in his role. I want to pick up on the challenge ahead of him. The newspapers reported yesterday on the latest census figures setting out modes of travel to work in Ireland. Mr. Strachan is probably aware of these. They indicate that 63% travel by car,10% walk, 7% cycle, 3% use rail, heavy or light, and 6% travel by bus. A lot of it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: On Mr. Strachan's point regarding rail-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: From Mr. Strachan's experience over recent years, has the thinking around assessment developed and evolved? I refer to aligning cost-benefit analyses with climate action. Surely, the world has changed, although it may not have changed as much as I might like. In the past, these decisions largely rested on the time saved and so on but are issues like embedded carbon and life-cycle carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a progress update in language area planning in the Gaeltacht in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53474/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE staff by grade at the Irish embassies based in Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Jakarta; and if he will provide same figures as of 1 April 2022, in tabular form. [53217/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons that applied for the post of driver at the Irish Embassy based in Seoul. [53218/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to what extent the commitment of €225 million in climate financing by 2030 overlaps with overseas development assistance; if climate financing will be a separate fund of money to overseas development assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what subsidies the Government has provided to develop carbon capture and storage technologies in each of the years 2015 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53260/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to discounted rates on hardship meters, if he aware that discount rates are not available on hardship meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53339/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield that would be generated if the electricity tax on large energy users increased to €3 per MW hour, in tabular form. [53222/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance about Ireland's special drawing rights and their reallocation; how have they been reallocated; if they can be used as a means of debt cancellation and funding for loss and damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53268/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time heating and ventilating engineers employed by the OPW in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [53232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies by job title at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 27 November 2023; the estimated full-year cost to fill each of these vacancies; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [53219/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 214. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland put out a tender for a full-time Mexico based business development consultant in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53220/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to recruit 42 additional WTE guidance posts in schools for the 2024-2025 school year. [53230/23]