Parliamentary questions

Public Transport

Darren O'Rourke

227. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the way he intends to address the issue of Charleville students trying to access college in Limerick and Cork without adequate morning public transport services; if his attention has been drawn to dozens of parents that are making two trips daily to Limerick city due to a total lack of accommodation, which is adding to their carbon footprint and traffic congestion with parents adding 900km to their weekly driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51315/22]

Departmental Bodies

Darren O'Rourke

23. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the establishment, membership and remit of the cross-departmental acceleration taskforces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50528/22]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

27. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the target number of attic and cavity wall insulation completions in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [50684/22]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

28. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of homes that require attic and cavity wall insulation upgrades. [50685/22]

Ports Policy

Darren O'Rourke

35. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if the port capacity study is now complete; the date on which it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50511/22]

Ports Policy

Darren O'Rourke

36. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) regarding the readiness of ports for the construction and installation of offshore wind; if he has considered the report and plans to ensure that Irish ports are ready to construct and install offshore wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50512/22]

Ports Policy

Darren O'Rourke

37. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the way in which he intends to support Rosslare Port to become ready to act as a construction and installation port for offshore wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50513/22]

Ports Policy

Darren O'Rourke

38. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport when the National Ports Policy review will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50527/22]

Departmental Bodies

Darren O'Rourke

166. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of whole-time equivalent staff vacancies by job title in the Health and Safety Authority as of 3 October 2022; the full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [49994/22]

Trade Data

Darren O'Rourke

167. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the overall value of goods imported into Ireland from South Africa in each of the past three years. [49995/22]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

180. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount that the large energy-user rebalancing subvention raised in each year since its introduction; if this revenue was paid to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49611/22]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

181. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which revenue raised from the large energy-user rebalancing subvention was used to subsidise large energy users; the criteria that were used to determine if a company was a large energy user; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49612/22]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

182. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the large energy-user rebalancing subvention was calculated and levied on domestic electricity bills; the way in which the subvention was calculated and paid to large energy users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49613/22]

EU Directives

Darren O'Rourke

188. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount Ireland has been fined to date for the failure to fully transpose the European Electronic Communications Code within the required timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49834/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Darren O'Rourke

190. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will bring forward a cybersecurity Bill. [49992/22]

Bus Services

Darren O'Rourke

236. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated number of additional buses that would be required if buses on each route on H-spine increased their frequency to every ten minutes.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49974/22]

Rail Network

Darren O'Rourke

237. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at Irish Rail train stations in each of the years of 2019 to 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount that was reinvested into improving Irish Rail services. [49975/22]

Bus Éireann

Darren O'Rourke

238. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated by Bus Éireann from the €2 processing fee for members of the public with the free travel pass to use Bus Éireann. [49976/22]

Rail Network

Darren O'Rourke

239. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for the re-marking of the carpark at Malahide train station; and when will this work commence. [49977/22]

Bus Éireann

Darren O'Rourke

240. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his plans to increase the frequency of Bus Éireann route 469 frequency from once weekly to three times weekly. [49978/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Darren O'Rourke

274. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles seized by Revenue Commissioners under section 141 of the Finance Act 1992 in 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022 in tabular form. [49979/22]

Customs and Excise

Darren O'Rourke

275. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance if the tendering process for a replacement customs cutter vessel will commence before the end of the year. [49980/22]

Departmental Bodies

Darren O'Rourke

299. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the dates in 2022 on which she spoke formally with the chief executive officer and-or chairperson of each State agency under the remit of her Department, in tabular form. [49988/22]

Departmental Bodies

Darren O'Rourke

300. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of full-time staff, by job title, working in the National Concert Hall as of 4 October 2022, in tabular form. [49989/22]

Special Areas of Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

326. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which he will prepare a management plan for the River Boyne and River Blackwater special area of conservation; the date on which this plan will go to public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50004/22]

Foreign Policy

Darren O'Rourke

349. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Portuguese counterpart to Ireland before the end of 2022. [49990/22]

Consular Services

Darren O'Rourke

350. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on recent activities of the Irish Consulate in Mumbai, including staffing numbers. [49991/22]

Defence Forces

Darren O'Rourke

359. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank in the Defence Forces school of music as of 4 October 2022; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [49984/22]

Community Welfare Services

Darren O'Rourke

507. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail the plans to centralise community welfare officers in County Meath; the number and location of community welfare officers in the county now and post-reform; the timeline for same; the way in which she has assessed the impact of the proposed changes on service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49944/22]

Social Welfare Code

Darren O'Rourke

508. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic for persons aged over 80 years. [49993/22]

Courts Service

Darren O'Rourke

597. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of special exemption orders granted to date in 2022. [49983/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Darren O'Rourke

719. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for each of the children's disability network teams in CHO8. [49986/22]

Hospital Services

Darren O'Rourke

720. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the current number of scans and x-rays awaiting reading by a radiologist at the Ireland East Hospital Group by hospital. [49987/22]

Horse Racing Industry

Darren O'Rourke

793. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the €14.7 million Exchequer capital funding allocated to Horse Racing Ireland in 2022 will be spent. [49985/22]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

57. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the further retrofitting funding measures that are included for Approved Housing Bodies in Budget 2023. [48788/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

62. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme; the capital, current and total 2022 budget allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 Revised Estimates for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 March Supplementary Estimates for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation. [48837/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

63. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for residential and community retrofit programmes; the capital, current and total 2022 budget allocation for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 Revised Estimates for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the March Supplementary Estimates 2022 for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation. [48838/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

64. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the 2023 Budget allocations for each programme under subhead B4. [48839/22]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

65. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of the 13,800 homes forecasted to be brought to a building energy rating of B2 as part of the Budget 2023 allocation will be delivered under the better energy warmer homes scheme, the better energy homes scheme, the community energy grant scheme and the national home energy upgrade scheme; and the average cost of bringing homes to a BER of B2 for each of the schemes that has been used to underpin the overall target B2 output of 13,800. [48840/22]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of the 6,000 target free upgrades under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland energy poverty scheme announced as part of the Budget 2023 allocation are forecasted to be brought to a building energy rating of B2. [48841/22]

Building Energy Rating

Darren O'Rourke

67. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of bringing a home to a BER of B2 under the better energy warmer homes scheme in 2022, inclusive of VAT. [48842/22]

Road Tolls

Darren O'Rourke

86. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to changing toll barrier policy as it relates to heavy goods vehicles to bring in line with other European countries and to save fuel and reduce emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48764/22]

Haulage Industry

Darren O'Rourke

87. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the way in which he will support the transition to cleaner engines for heavy goods vehicles; if he will introduce a targeted scrappage scheme; if he will support the move to Euro VI engines; if so, the way that he will support same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48765/22]

Haulage Industry

Darren O'Rourke

88. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his views on the call for the introduction of a tiered fuel rebate scheme for heavy goods vehicles to encourage and support the transition to cleaner vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48766/22]

Haulage Industry

Darren O'Rourke

89. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to reform the driver certificate of professional competence system for heavy goods vehicle drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48767/22]

Haulage Industry

Darren O'Rourke

90. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have explored the possibility of securing an extension of the Ghyvelde Corridor exemption to Irish heavy goods vehicles given the significant increase in direct ferry crossings and haulage between Ireland and France post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48768/22]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

144. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the €87 million in funding announced in Budget 2023 to support alleviation of fuel poverty and ensure more energy efficient homes, through the upgrading of 2,400 local authority social homes includes funding for homes owned and managed by Approved Housing Bodies. [48789/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

168. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total capital funding provided for his Department in 2022, broken down by programme; the expenditure profile at the end of September 2022 on each programme; if there is likely to be an underspend in any particular area; the reason for such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48601/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

169. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a subhead breakdown of the €513 million allocated to the energy transformation programme in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48603/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

170. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a subhead breakdown of the €143 million allocated to the climate action and environment leadership programme in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48604/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

171. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a subhead breakdown of the €110 million allocated to the circular economy development programme in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48605/22]

Departmental Budgets

Darren O'Rourke

172. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a subhead breakdown of the €272 million allocated to the connectivity and communications delivery programme in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48606/22]

Departmental Schemes

Darren O'Rourke

173. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the target number of retrofits per retrofit scheme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48607/22]

Electricity Generation

Darren O'Rourke

174. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of solar photovoltaic installations targeted for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48608/22]

Electricity Generation

Darren O'Rourke

175. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost of installing solar photovoltaic panels on all schools as announced in budget 2023; the number of panels to be installed on each school; the timeframe for this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48609/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Darren O'Rourke

209. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the total capital funding provided for his Department in 2022, broken down by programme; the expenditure profile at the end of September 2022 on each programme; if there is likely to be an underspend in any particular area; the reason for such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48600/22]

Grant Payments

Darren O'Rourke

512. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the distribution of the SUSI grants by socio-economic group; the distribution of such grants between urban and rural applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48389/22]

Grant Payments

Darren O'Rourke

513. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details in relation to the way that he ensures that SUSI grants go to genuinely deserving applicants and that the system is transparent and fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48390/22]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

551. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 29 June, when a response will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48384/22]

Taxi Regulations

Darren O'Rourke

1. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport to set out the efforts he is making to ensure the sustainability and viability of the taxi sector; if he will abandon or extend by five years the ten-year rule; if he will relax constraints preventing the transfer of plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46549/22]

Bus Services

Darren O'Rourke

3. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the way in which he intends to address poor service standards, including no-shows and poor punctuality, on many bus routes operated by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46550/22]

School Transport

Darren O'Rourke

15. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his plans to increase funding to the safe-routes-to-school programme to improve cycling infrastructure on the approach to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46321/22]

Departmental Schemes

Darren O'Rourke

26. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his plans to reform the EV grant scheme to target grant support as persons that need it most; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46319/22]

Motor Industry

Darren O'Rourke

32. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce a scrappage scheme for the oldest and most polluting lorries to help hauliers transition to more environmentally friendly engines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46318/22]

Public Transport

Darren O'Rourke

41. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his plans to extend the short-hop zone to more train stations to help reduce the cost of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46320/22]

Public Transport

Darren O'Rourke

66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his plans to extend the 20% fare reduction for public transport to commercial bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46317/22]

Energy Prices

Darren O'Rourke

54. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to reduce the price of electricity and energy for households and businesses over the coming months; if he has examined introducing a price cap on electricity in Ireland or introducing other market reforms or interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45782/22]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

56. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of retrofits completed under the warmer homes scheme and, separately, under the one-stop shop service; the measures he will take to increase the roll-out and to better target supports to those most in need; if he agrees a dedicated retrofit scheme aimed at households that rely on solid fuels for heating is needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45783/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Darren O'Rourke

68. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households and businesses that are generating electricity through microgeneration; if all energy suppliers are now paying microgenerators for the excess electricity that they are exporting to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45786/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Darren O'Rourke

70. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he intends to recoup the excess profits being made by renewable electricity generators contracted under the renewable energy feed-in tariff schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45788/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Darren O'Rourke

78. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that he is taking to increase public and community-owned and led renewables projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45787/22]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

110. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the energy security review will be published; the immediate actions that he will take to improve the State’s energy security and independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45784/22]

Energy Prices

Darren O'Rourke

112. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that he opposed decoupling gas from electricity prices at the European Energy Council in October 2021; if he now supports the proposal to decouple gas from electricity prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45785/22]

EU Programmes

Darren O'Rourke

134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of funding that Ireland has applied for under the REPowerEU programme; the projects for which the funding would be allocated towards; the maximum amount of funding that Ireland is entitled to under this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46013/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Darren O'Rourke

135. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 8 September 2022, if he will confirm that 3,678.966MW of renewable energy production is contracted under the renewable energy feed in tariff schemes, and is therefore not obliged to refund the Public Service Obligations if the wholesale electricity price is higher than the REFIT reference price, while just 633.48MW of renewable energy is contracted under the renewable electricity support scheme, and is therefore obliged to refund the Public Service Obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45402/22]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

151. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated full-year revenue from introducing a price-cap on inframarginal generators in Ireland at a rate of €180 per megawatt hour, compared to current wholesale electricity prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45855/22]

Energy Prices

Darren O'Rourke

161. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that his Department can take to mitigate the gas price increases that are being experienced by some Approved Housing Bodies and their tenants who are paying commercial energy rates as a result of a district heating system. [45931/22]

Energy Prices

Darren O'Rourke

162. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the work of the District Heating Steering Group that was formed under the Climate Action Plan 2021; and if this group is examining ways in which residential units can exit district heating systems that are subject to commercial energy rates. [45932/22]

Climate Change Policy

Darren O'Rourke

167. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a list of reports used, and consultants availed of, in the preparation of the sectoral emission ceilings, broken down by the reports used for each sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45976/22]

Climate Change Policy

Darren O'Rourke

168. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish all of the modelling and economic analysis used in the preparation of the sectoral emission ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45977/22]

Departmental Reports

Darren O'Rourke

169. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish the McKinsey Report on the cost of decarbonisation up to 2050; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45978/22]

Climate Change Policy

Darren O'Rourke

170. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reports used and consultants availed of in the preparation of the sectoral emission ceiling, by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45979/22]

Departmental Reports

Darren O'Rourke

171. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45981/22]

School Transport

Darren O'Rourke

352. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide clarity on the mandatory retirement age of both school bus drivers and school bus escorts who work on the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45968/22]

Public Transport

Darren O'Rourke

177. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the total cost of the recent expansion of the youth travel card discounts to private bus operators; the estimated full-year cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45229/22]

Trade Missions

Darren O'Rourke

67. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Australia will commence before the end of 2022. [44612/22]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

113. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the topics that are being examined by the consumers, vulnerable households’ and businesses’ subgroups of the Energy Security Emergency Group; the latest proposals they have submitted to the Energy Security Emergency Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44946/22]

Bus Services

Darren O'Rourke

134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to include Dublin Bus H1 route on a 24-7 basis. [44596/22]

Cycling Facilities

Darren O'Rourke

135. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of establishing a public bike scheme in County Sligo consisting of 14 bike stations and 140 bikes. [44597/22]

Bus Services

Darren O'Rourke

136. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus users travelling on each bus route operated by Bus Éireann in Waterford in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [44598/22]

Rail Network

Darren O'Rourke

137. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of tickets sold for the Dublin-Wexford train line in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the breakdown of tickets sold between adult single, adult return, student single, student return, child single and child return. [44599/22]

Bus Services

Darren O'Rourke

158. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to some private bus operators that are refusing to apply the youth travel card discount to weekly bus tickets and are only applying the 50% discount to daily tickets; if he will outline the intention of the youth travel card scheme in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45147/22]

Tax Data

Darren O'Rourke

160. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the tax and other revenue that are paid to the State from the operations of the Corrib gas field in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44367/22]

Tax Yield

Darren O'Rourke

165. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by establishing three new income tax bands of 49% on earnings between €125,000 and €185,000, 57% on earnings between €185,001 and €242,500 and 66% on earnings over €242,501. [44605/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Darren O'Rourke

166. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2023 if the number of dog teams within the Revenue Commissioners increased to 42. [44606/22]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

184. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations that currently have electric vehicle charging points in tabular form. [44613/22]

Tourism Promotion

Darren O'Rourke

198. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Tourism Ireland plans to open an office in Melbourne. [44614/22]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

433. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to the Meath roads policing unit as of 31 December 2020 and 6 September 2022, in tabular form. [44600/22]

Bench Warrants

Darren O'Rourke

434. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Meath Garda division as of 6 September; and the number that are outstanding for a period in excess of two years. [44601/22]

Prison Service

Darren O'Rourke

435. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time nurse officers employed by the Irish Prison Service as of 31 August 2020, 31 August 2021 and 6 September 2022, in tabular form. [44602/22]