Results 1,741-1,760 of 6,797 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

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]

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

Darren O'Rourke: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to recruit 250 additional SNAs. [53231/23]

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

Darren O'Rourke: 272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant WTE posts by job title that have yet to be filled at Coimisiún Na Meán, it tabular form. [53229/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to recruit 50 additional WTE community welfare officers, in tabular form. [53221/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the report from the committee on social protection (details supplied) which recommended that the pension investment funds be prohibited from investing in fossil fuels or the arms industry; to outline the Government’s position on this recommendation; if her Department has carried out any feasibility...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the posts of director of licensing and director of technology for the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland have been filled. [53223/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked vans attached to the Garda Technical Bureau in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the number of marked vans withdrawn from the Garda Technical Bureau during the same period. [53225/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in paediatric anaesthesiology at CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 504. To ask the Minister for Health to outline full breakdown of how the €15.7 million was spent by the HSE on cessation services in 2022. [53227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons day care centres funded by HSE that are currently based within primary care centres in CHO8 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53228/23]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Planning and Development Bill. It will not come as news to anyone here that the current planning system is not fit for purpose. Decades of mismanagement, under-resourcing and an utter failure to future-proof policies by successive Governments led by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have brought us to this point. As a result, the State is at risk of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the memorandum of understanding between the European Commission and Egypt at the Mediterranean Gas Forum; if he is further aware that this does not include a clause to exclude occupied Palestinian land which contravenes Irish and EU policy that all agreements with Israel should be explicitly inapplicable to territories...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Flight paths on the north runway at Dublin Airport have not been appropriately assessed in terms of noise pollution and mitigation. Since the runway opened, more than 138,000 flights have departed and landed. In Ratoath, Ashbourne and surrounding areas, 30,000 people are being impacted. That was never intended to be the case. Will the Government and the Department of Transport ensure that...