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Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Wind Energy Generation
Darren O'Rourke
210. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to ensure offshore windfarms can be built and maintained from ports on the east, south and west coasts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52889/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Ports Policy
Darren O'Rourke
211. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to update the national ports policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Public Transport
Darren O'Rourke
223. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been provided in 2022 for the purchase of additional Luas carriages; and if so, when the contract for same will be put out to tender. [53031/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Defibrillators Provision
Darren O'Rourke
224. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of installing a minimum of one defibrillator at each major train station and the necessary staff trained in the use of the defibrillator. [53032/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Coast Guard Service
Darren O'Rourke
225. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been provided for the refurbishment of a new Irish Coast Guard building in Westport and Greystones; when each of the works will commence; the estimated duration of each project; and the estimated cost of these works. [53033/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
311. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that the OPW spend on the refurbishment of Navan Garda station. [53044/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Official Engagements
Darren O'Rourke
326. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will meet with the Chairperson and or Chief Executive Officer of National Concert Hall before the end of 2021. [53053/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Energy Policy
Darren O'Rourke
362. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planning guidelines that exist for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52360/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Official Engagements
Darren O'Rourke
444. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the United States of America Secretary of State to Ireland early in 2022. [53035/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Foreign Policy
Darren O'Rourke
445. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the situation in Sudan was discussed at the most recent EU foreign affairs meeting. [53036/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Schools Building Projects
Darren O'Rourke
553. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when the refurbishment project at a college (details supplied) will move to the next stage of works; and the expected timeframe for this project. [53045/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Darren O'Rourke
645. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of parents in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 that were referred by Tusla for psychiatric assessment. [53034/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Road Traffic Offences
Darren O'Rourke
723. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of traffic offences, collisions and vehicles seized or detained involving e-scooters in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52242/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Road Traffic Offences
Darren O'Rourke
724. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of traffic offences, collisions and vehicles seized or detained involving scramblers and quad bikes in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52243/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
766. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to each burglary response unit as of 26 October 2021, in tabular form. [53048/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
767. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to each of the regional cybercrime hubs as of 26 October 2021, in tabular form. [53049/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
768. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost in 2022 of training 17 extra Garda forensic collision investigators in tabular form. [53050/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Departmental Budgets
Darren O'Rourke
769. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the ceiling for capital investment in her Department in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [53051/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
770. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of new motorcycles attached to roads policing units that came into the fleet to date in 2021; and the number of motorcycles withdrawn from the fleet to date in 2021, in tabular form. [53052/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Health Services
Darren O'Rourke
967. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the reason podiatry services are no longer available for residents in Ashbourne and Dunshaughlin, County Meath, given that now the closest primary care centre offering podiatry services is 28 kilometres away in Trim; his views on whether this presents enormous challenges for residents who have limited physical mobility and no means of transportation such as a person (details supplied); if it will be ensured podiatry services will resume in these locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52698/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Darren O'Rourke
1048. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time urology nurse specialists at both CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [53037/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Darren O'Rourke
1049. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant neurologist with a special interest in sleep medicine for St. James's Hospital. [53038/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Health Services
Darren O'Rourke
1050. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the way the €1.4 million new funding for crisis resolution services will be spent in 2022. [53039/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Darren O'Rourke
1051. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in 2022 for the recruitment of two additional full-time craniofacial surgeons. [53040/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Health Services Staff
Darren O'Rourke
1052. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time mental health intellectual disability consultants working in CHO 8 in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [53041/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Darren O'Rourke
1053. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant vascular surgeons attached to St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [53042/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Darren O'Rourke
1054. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time advanced nurse practitioner allocated to paediatric neurosurgery services in CHI Temple Street in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [53043/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Fishery Harbour Centres
Darren O'Rourke
1246. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital projects that were carried out at each fishery harbour centre under the remit of his Department in 2021; and when each project will be completed in tabular form. [53046/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Ports Policy
Darren O'Rourke
41. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to ongoing delays at Dublin Port relating to inspections by his Department; the measures he is taking to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50767/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Organic Farming
Darren O'Rourke
54. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that were introduced in Budget 2022 to support the organic sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50768/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Taxi Licences
Darren O'Rourke
168. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if there is a time-limit on the eSPV grant meaning that vehicles that are not delivered and registered as taxis before the end of the year will not be covered; if he will review this situation in view of the well-documented delay in vehicle delivery related to shortage of semi-conductors and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51875/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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School Transport
Darren O'Rourke
214. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the way she plans to address the shortage of school bus transport places; if the current 50% loading limit will be lifted after 22 October 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51764/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Economic and Social Research Institute
Darren O'Rourke
71. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute report entitled Carbon taxes, poverty and compensation options, 2020 cited by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as proof that carbon tax increases leave the lowest income fifth of households on average better off and reduces poverty, fails to take into account the huge increase in energy prices since its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51563/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Economic and Social Research Institute
Darren O'Rourke
72. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the ESRI report entitled Carbon Taxes, Poverty and Compensation Options, 2020 cited by his Department as proof that carbon tax increases leaves the lowest income fifth of households on average better off and reduces poverty, does not accurately measure energy poverty, due to the fact that the Government failed to act on a recommendation from their own 2016 Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty, calling for an appropriate methodology for measuring and tracking energy poverty levels across the State to be designed, which means no appropriate methodology currently exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51565/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Departmental Data
Darren O'Rourke
97. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the up-to-date Government research his Department holds on the use of carbon tax funds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51561/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Economic and Social Research Institute
Darren O'Rourke
98. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute report entitled Carbon Taxes, Poverty and Compensation Options 2020 cited by his Department as proof that carbon tax increases leave the lowest income fifth of households on average better off and reduces poverty, fails to take into account the huge increase in energy prices since its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51562/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Services
Darren O'Rourke
107. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if the emergency department and the intensive care unit in Navan hospital will close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50516/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Health Services Staff
Darren O'Rourke
141. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with colleagues in relation to the advanced practice proposals and pay parity claim by medical scientists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50517/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Fuel Poverty
Darren O'Rourke
281. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details of the definition that his Department uses for energy poverty or fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Fuel Poverty
Darren O'Rourke
282. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details of the methodology for measuring and tracking energy and fuel poverty levels that his Department uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Fuel Poverty
Darren O'Rourke
283. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of households in energy or fuel poverty in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51002/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Departmental Budgets
Darren O'Rourke
294. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount carried over from his Department’s 2021 budget allocation to Budget 2022; the Departmental underspend in the 2021 budget allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51289/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Departmental Budgets
Darren O'Rourke
295. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the programmes or initiatives to be funded under the energy transformation heading in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51290/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Energy Conservation
Darren O'Rourke
296. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that have been retrofitted to date in 2021; the number estimated to be retrofitted by the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51291/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Energy Conservation
Darren O'Rourke
297. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that will be retrofitted in 2022; the number of these that will be fully funded by the State; the cost of same; the number that will be partially funded by the State; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51292/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Fuel Poverty
Darren O'Rourke
298. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost to the State of retrofitting a home for those living or at risk of energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51293/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Energy Conservation
Darren O'Rourke
299. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average grant provided to a household for retrofitting their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51294/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Departmental Budgets
Darren O'Rourke
300. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the detailed breakdown of the €202 million announced for retrofits in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51295/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Renewable Energy Generation
Darren O'Rourke
301. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that will receive financial assistance under the solar PV grant programme in 2022; the estimated average grant; the estimated impact this will have on electricity demand and carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51296/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Renewable Energy Generation
Darren O'Rourke
302. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households that have received a grant to date under the solar PV scheme in each year; the impact this had on carbon emissions to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51297/21]