Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Electric Vehicles

Darren O'Rourke

163. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric SPSVs in operation to date in 2020; the number of hybrid SPSVs in operation to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42958/20]

Electric Vehicles

Darren O'Rourke

164. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications for electric vehicle grants for SPSVs in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of individual grants awarded in both years; the value awarded in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42959/20]

Electric Vehicles

Darren O'Rourke

165. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle grants for SPSVs in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of individual grants awarded in both years; the value awarded in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42960/20]

Rural Transport Programme

Darren O'Rourke

166. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the budget allocation for the rural transport programme in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the number of passengers carried in each of the years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42961/20]

Rural Transport Programme

Darren O'Rourke

167. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers carried in each county under the rural transport programme in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42962/20]

Rural Transport Programme

Darren O'Rourke

168. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of individual buses assigned to the rural transport programme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42963/20]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Darren O'Rourke

169. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost to Ireland of the A5 upgrade, the Narrow Water Bridge, a high-speed rail connection upgrade on the Belfast-Dublin-Limerick Junction Cork line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42964/20]

Driver Test

Darren O'Rourke

172. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number waiting for driver tests by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43017/20]

Driver Test

Darren O'Rourke

173. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number waiting for driver theory tests by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43018/20]

Public Service Obligation Services

Darren O'Rourke

184. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the PSO funding provided to Bus Éireann in each of the years 2010 to 2020; the number of passengers carried in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43234/20]

Public Service Obligation Services

Darren O'Rourke

185. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the PSO funding provided to Iarnród Éireann in each of the years 2010 to 2020; the number of passengers carried in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43235/20]

Project Ireland 2040

Darren O'Rourke

186. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of projects that fall under the remit of his Department that will be funded between 2021 to 2030 under Project Ireland 2040; the funding that will be allocated to each project; the status of each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43236/20]

Cycling Facilities

Darren O'Rourke

187. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the funding drawn down by each local authority in 2020 for spending on cycling infrastructure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43324/20]

Driver Licences

Darren O'Rourke

189. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide clarity for those holding driver licences from Northern Ireland and the UK; the way in which Brexit will affect such persons after 31 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43358/20]

Garda Strength

Darren O'Rourke

65. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41641/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Darren O'Rourke

108. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the status of the sharing of passenger data between Northern Ireland and here and for those arriving onto the island of Ireland for the purpose of contact tracing and enforcement of restricted movement requirements; if he has agreed a process in relation to the matter with his counterpart in the Stormont Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41642/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Darren O'Rourke

109. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the status of the restrictions in maternity hospitals for partners of expecting mothers who cannot attend scans with them; his views on whether these restrictions need to be eased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41643/20]

Bus Services

Darren O'Rourke

42. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of diesel, electric and hydrogen powered buses currently in use in Ireland; the average cost of purchasing each type of bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42224/20]

Brexit Issues

Darren O'Rourke

59. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place to increase inspections at Dublin Port and other ports in the wake of Brexit; if it is planned to publish key performance indicators of inspection activity levels each week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41614/20]

Climate Change Policy

Darren O'Rourke

66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to address the challenge of climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41613/20]

Taxi Regulations

Darren O'Rourke

150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to an increase in reports by SPSV NTA issued licence holders of being prevented from transporting passengers travelling cross-Border both to and from destinations in Northern Ireland by authorities there; if such an escalation in enforcement by the authorities in Northern Ireland contravenes reciprocal arrangements in place across both jurisdictions by which taxi operators based either side of the Border may operate on such a cross-Border basis without impediment; if such a reciprocal regime does not exist, the efforts being made between the respective authorities to establish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41512/20]

Housing Assistance Payment

Darren O'Rourke

288. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the disadvantage being experienced by prospective housing assistance payment, HAP, tenants from County Meath competing in County Meath with prospective HAP tenants from Dublin local authority areas, particularly in the Dublin hinterland; the basis on which this disadvantage arises, for example, if it relates to different HAP rates, council differential rent rates, homeless HAP rates, top-ups or other; his plans to address this disadvantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42022/20]

Housing Assistance Payment

Darren O'Rourke

289. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households on housing assistance payment, HAP, in County Meath that are on social housing waiting lists in Dublin rather than County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42023/20]

An Bord Pleanála

Darren O'Rourke

294. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review or support An Bord Pleanála structures and performance in view of the concerning number of times the board’s decisions are quashed in the High Court (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42041/20]

Ministerial Meetings

Darren O'Rourke

317. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Defence if he has spoken with his UK counterpart since his appointment. [41435/20]

Defence Forces Properties

Darren O'Rourke

318. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent on refurbishment and maintenance to Gormanston Camp, County Meath in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [41436/20]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

333. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of permanent English teachers as an additional language posts in primary schools within County Meath [41427/20]

Summer Works Scheme

Darren O'Rourke

334. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when applications will be accepted for projects in schools under the 2021 summer works scheme [41428/20]

Ministerial Meetings

Darren O'Rourke

388. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has spoken formally with her UK counterpart since her appointment [41430/20]

Departmental Staff

Darren O'Rourke

389. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessors within her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of vacant medical assessors currently within her Department; and the estimated full year cost of clearing the vacancies in tabular form. [41431/20]

Family Resource Centres

Darren O'Rourke

452. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation for the family resource centre programme in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form [41429/20]

Legislative Measures

Darren O'Rourke

512. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice when section 36 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 will come into effect [41437/20]

Garda Equipment

Darren O'Rourke

513. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice if funding is available in 2021 to update the boats within the Garda water unit. [41438/20]

Crime Data

Darren O'Rourke

514. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons successfully prosecuted for possession of fireworks without a valid licence in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and the monetary value of fireworks seized by An Garda Síochána in the years in question. [41439/20]

Garda Transport Provision

Darren O'Rourke

515. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of unmarked cars, jeeps and vans attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau as of 30 November 2020, in tabular form. [41440/20]

Legislative Measures

Darren O'Rourke

628. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 comes into effect [41432/20]

Hospital Staff

Darren O'Rourke

629. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts by specialist that are currently vacant in the Mater Hospital; the length of time each post has been vacant; and the time frame for filling each of the posts. [41433/20]

Hospital Staff

Darren O'Rourke

630. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of a full-time registrar in ophthalmology in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [41434/20]

Medicinal Products

Darren O'Rourke

648. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when the drug Onpattro will be discussed by the HSE drugs group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41511/20]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Darren O'Rourke

129. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which he plans to support the early years sector in County Meath, particularly in relation to staff, pay and capitation grants in view of the population growth in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39728/20]

Driver Test

Darren O'Rourke

186. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if a person attending a scheduled driver test in a vehicle with a valid NCT by virtue of the fact of the NCT extension will be failed or considered ineligible, that is, their NCT disc is marginally out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40962/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Darren O'Rourke

338. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the contact tracing and follow-up situation for a person who is normally resident in Ireland, but flies into Belfast airport and travels across the Border; if this person will be followed-up by contact tracing teams based either in the north or the south of the island; if he is satisfied that the level of follow-up checks on those required to restrict their movements is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40877/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Darren O'Rourke

339. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the contact tracing and follow-up situation for a person who is normally resident in Northern Ireland, but flies into Dublin airport and travels across the Border; if this person will be followed-up by contact tracing teams based either in the north or in the south of the island; if he is satisfied the level of follow-up checks on those required to restrict their movements is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40878/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Darren O'Rourke

340. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the percentage rate of passengers who received a follow-up phone call having previously completed the passenger locater form in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40879/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Darren O'Rourke

341. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons to date who have refused to complete the passenger locator form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40880/20]

Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times

Darren O'Rourke

92. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some employees of a company (details supplied) are still awaiting arrears to be paid for social welfare payments that they were prevented from accessing earlier in the year while on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; when these arrears will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40764/20]

School Enrolments

Darren O'Rourke

96. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the way in which she will address the shortage of secondary school places in County Meath ahead of the 2021-22 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38751/20]

School Transport

Darren O'Rourke

98. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the status of school bus transport; the number of children accommodated in 2020 compared to previous years; and the efforts to address unmet demand notwithstanding the challenge of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38750/20]

Wind Energy Generation

Darren O'Rourke

150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of State investment planned for investment in offshore wind energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39778/20]

Wind Energy Generation

Darren O'Rourke

151. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans for State owned offshore wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39779/20]