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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number of new marked vans attached to the Garda Technical Bureau in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the number of marked vans withdrawn from the Garda Technical Bureau during the same period.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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: If we are still here at 10.45 a.m., I would be happy to contribute then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister. When is it planned to announce the sectoral emissions ceiling for LULUCF? What are the barriers in data to making that happen? What is the timeline for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: That is the land use review. Are there any other gaps in the building blocks for coming to a decision like that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Will it be in 2024?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Regarding forestry on drained peatlands and the advice from Government and the Department about that, is that emerging or something that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: I know the Climate Change Advisory Council, in its 2023 review, pointed towards updated information on the impact of afforestation on drained peatlands. Does that advice incorporate that updated information-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: -----or is it under review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: On encouraging people into tillage and organic farming, ACRES is essentially the Government's flagship agri-environment scheme. There seems to be significant interest in it. I do not know what the tranche 1 intake was. I think the intake in tranche 2 is 4,000. There were 46,000 expressions of interest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: Is there scope or ambition for flexibilities? It seems, at a time when we need to move people into that space, that we should not put up barriers. Is there scope to do more quicker?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: There are, therefore, 46,000-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: A number of people touched on the anaerobic digestion policy. We had a briefing from some people working in CASE, the Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy, in the North. They have mapped out the type of infrastructure that they might need and that might be sustainable in the North. In the South, we have the renewable spatial plan to come from the Department of the Environment, Climate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: It is imminent.