Parliamentary questions

Public Transport

Darren O'Rourke

78. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has held with public transport operators to discuss measures to curb antisocial behaviour on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32460/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Darren O'Rourke

82. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with travel agents and discussed the need to provide travel agents with continuing business supports with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the ongoing challenges the sector is facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32457/21]

Aviation Industry

Darren O'Rourke

227. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of providing a rebate directly to airlines of all Dublin Airport charges and air navigation charges as recommended in the Taskforce for Aviation Recovery report from July 2020. [32793/21]

Aviation Industry

Darren O'Rourke

228. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of providing a common fixed amount per passenger to regional airports; as recommended in the Taskforce for Aviation Recovery report from July 2020. [32801/21]

Defective Building Materials

Darren O'Rourke

284. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide additional financial support under the pyrite remediation scheme to help homeowners cover the cost of initial investigative tests for pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32533/21]

Departmental Funding

Darren O'Rourke

52. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2020 and 2021 by project. [32385/21]

Departmental Funding

Darren O'Rourke

53. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of just transition funding; and the number of workers it is expected to support on an annual basis. [32386/21]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

54. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the environment fund over the past three years. [32387/21]

Climate Change Policy

Darren O'Rourke

56. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of costs associated with the Climate Change Advisory Council for the three most recent years; his views on plans to resource the Council for completing the responsibilities in the Climate Action Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32504/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Darren O'Rourke

63. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the additional air circulation or filtration measures that have been installed in train carriages since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic given that most train carriages do not have windows that can open for air circulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32177/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Darren O'Rourke

67. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is putting in place to assist driver instructors with the cost of restarting their sector; if he has engaged with unions representing driver instructors on the challenges the sector is facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32229/21]

Enterprise Policy

Darren O'Rourke

144. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to open a new office in Vancouver, Canada. [30715/21]

Energy Infrastructure

Darren O'Rourke

177. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the implications for Ireland of the recent cyberattack on a pipeline system (details supplied) that resulted in a state of emergency in the United States of America from Florida to Virginia; the actions that have been taken to protect Ireland’s imported gas supply that comes from Britain through an interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30773/21]

Energy Infrastructure

Darren O'Rourke

178. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is an emergency response plan to deal with a potential cyberattack on an interconnector (details supplied) which supplies Ireland’s imported gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30774/21]

Energy Infrastructure

Darren O'Rourke

179. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has evaluated the loss of a day’s gas supply to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30775/21]

Data Centres

Darren O'Rourke

180. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way he plans to deal with the growing energy needs of data centres with Eirgrid’s generation capacity statement of 2020 to 2029 projection that demand from data centres could account for 27% of all demand in Ireland by 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30776/21]

Energy Conservation

Darren O'Rourke

198. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes retrofitted in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form on each retrofitting programme; the spend to date on each scheme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31256/21]

Climate Action Plan

Darren O'Rourke

214. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding currently contained in the Climate Action Fund; the projects that received funding from the fund to date in 2021; the amount of funding each received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31902/21]

National Oil Reserves Agency

Darren O'Rourke

215. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding currently contained in the National Oil Reserves Agency Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31903/21]

Rail Network

Darren O'Rourke

227. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that used each of Iarnród Éireann intercity routes and commuter routes in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30719/21]

Rail Network

Darren O'Rourke

228. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to recruit undercover security personnel on its services. [30720/21]

Electric Vehicles

Darren O'Rourke

229. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will approve the installation of additional rapid e-car chargers throughout County Meath. [30721/21]

Ports Policy

Darren O'Rourke

230. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport when the post of chairperson of Cork Port Authority will be filled. [30722/21]

Transport Policy

Darren O'Rourke

231. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the penalty to release vehicles seized under the Road Traffic Act 2016 was doubled based on 2019 figures. [30723/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Darren O'Rourke

234. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if the European Commission has procured €2.6 billion worth of antigen tests for aviation (details supplied); if Ireland will receive an allocation of same; if so, the amount; when the test will be made available; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30764/21]

Public Transport

Darren O'Rourke

254. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of making the bus, train fleet and bus and train stations wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31255/21]

Rail Network

Darren O'Rourke

272. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the status of the National Transport Authority report into the Navan rail line; the date on which it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31556/21]

Bus Services

Darren O'Rourke

283. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated additional Exchequer funding that will have to be provided to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus in each year to help them achieve a 50% reduction in their carbon emissions by 2030 as outlined recently in their respective plans; if this funding has already been committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31842/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Darren O'Rourke

284. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to support the taxi sector specifically in 2020 and 2021, by each initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31843/21]

Electric Vehicles

Darren O'Rourke

285. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the budget allocated to the public charge point scheme in 2021; the spend on the scheme in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of charge points constructed in each county under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31844/21]

Departmental Funding

Darren O'Rourke

335. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of two additional backscatter vans for the Revenue Commissioners. [30724/21]

Heritage Council

Darren O'Rourke

604. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to the National Biodiversity Data Centre in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31251/21]

Departmental Bodies

Darren O'Rourke

606. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff employed at the National Biodiversity Data Centre by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31253/21]

Official Engagements

Darren O'Rourke

651. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister to date in 2021. [30737/21]

Naval Service

Darren O'Rourke

684. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Defence when the contract for the replacement of LÉ Eithne will be put out to tender. [30728/21]

Schools Building Projects

Darren O'Rourke

719. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of same. [30725/21]

School Transport

Darren O'Rourke

777. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing 1,000 additional places in the school transport system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31254/21]

School Transport

Darren O'Rourke

815. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of abolishing school transport fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31840/21]

School Transport

Darren O'Rourke

816. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the amount in fares collected in the school bus transport system in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31841/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Darren O'Rourke

856. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit from 26 weeks to 29 weeks. [30726/21]

Departmental Staff

Darren O'Rourke

857. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff by grade working in the household benefits section; and the number of vacancies by grade within the section. [30727/21]

Grant Payments

Darren O'Rourke

1037. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing 100% SUSI adjacent rate from €1,215 to €1,340 and non-adjacent rate from €3,025 to €3,325. [30718/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1110. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on purchasing mountain bikes for An Garda Síochána in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30729/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1111. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff nationally involved in investigating material on mobile telephones, computers and so on, relating to child sexual offences; and the qualifications needed for such work. [30730/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1112. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to Meath roads policing unit as of 1 June 2020 and 1 June 2021, in tabular form. [30731/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1113. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of civilian cyber-security experts employed by An Garda Síochána currently attached to the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30732/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1114. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of civilians holding the position of property and exhibits manager in An Garda Síochána; the Garda stations in which the civilians employed as such are based; and if appropriate training has been provided. [30733/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1115. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time forensic speech analysts working in An Garda Síochána in each of the past three years in tabular form. [30734/21]

Courts Service

Darren O'Rourke

1116. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons convicted of burglary in the Trim District Court area in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30735/21]

Drug Dealing

Darren O'Rourke

1117. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of drugs seizures in cases in which the monetary value of the drugs was in excess of €1 million in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30736/21]