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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 275. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 28 May 2024, the reason for the discrepancy between the total projects awarded; the average amount awarded and the amount drawn down as part of the green for business scheme from 2021 to date; if businesses are failing to draw down awards, if so, the reason; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 276. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 28 May 2024, the reason for the discrepancy between the total projects awarded; the average amount awarded; the amount drawn down as part of sustainable recovery scheme 2022-2023; if businesses are failing to draw down awards; if so, the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 277. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 28 May 2024, the reason for the discrepancy between the total projects awarded; the average amount awarded; the amount drawn down as part of green transition fund 2022-2026; if businesses are failing to draw down awards; if so, the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 278. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 28 May 2024, the reason for the discrepancy between the total projects awarded; the average amount awarded; the amount drawn down as part of the energy efficiency grant 2023 to date; if businesses are failing to draw down awards; if so, the reasons for this; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Dublin-Navan rail line upgrade; if he will report on the work completed to date; when he expects the upgrade will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28615/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (4 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the 103 and 109 Bus Éireann bus service, its performance standard and plans to improve it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work his Department is carrying out to ensure that Ireland’s port infrastructure is sufficient to meet our 2030 ORE targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27731/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact the infrastructure, climate and nature fund will have on the general Government debt; if expenditure out of the climate and nature from 2026 onward will impact on the general Government balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28631/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (4 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the revenue that has been collected from the temporary solidarity contribution to date; the impact this legal challenge is having on the collection of the temporary solidarity contribution (details supplied); if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on the matter; if the temporary solidarity contribution is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I will pick up on the issue of electric vehicles. What is the Minister's sense of the transition to electric vehicles? I accept that we preferably want to get people onto public transport and active travel. The Minister touched on the point that we had the first six-month figures from SIMI. He referred to the slowdown in sales in the western world. The big opportunity for electric...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister. I want to ask about school transport and the Minister's sense of the opportunity that is there. I have to say it frustrates me as to how many of the gaps are not filled by local services and the potential that is there for scheduled services. We have increasing services through Connecting Ireland and Local Link and it is hoped we will have more in the years ahead. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: There is very welcome investment in main street upgrades. It is active travel spend really. I can see it in my county where there is significant investment in roads infrastructure, in line with plans. There is always an issue about whether a road is too narrow and about the upheaval during the works period. Some of this upheaval has gone on for an extended period. I can point to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (3 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration was given by the Institute of Public Administration to sell its buildings on Lansdowne Road and move to high end commercial offices or to decentralising outside of Dublin or moving to any other area; if his Department has been assured that public procurement rules have been adhered to; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I will continue on the same theme. On the barriers to retrofitting, it strikes me the default position seems to be demolition and rebuild rather than retrofitting or refitting. Will both organisations touch on some of the barriers as they see them? The next issue is for CIF. I see many recently-developed housing estates. I am in County Meath and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: It is one of them, although they have drumlins in Monaghan and they manage to beat us. What of that policy of burying waste soil and covering it with a lawn of grass? Maybe CIF can start with that one and we can touch on the retrofitting barriers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Does Mr. Fitzpatrick think that equation will change with a change in regime, increased circularity and everything we are talking about here? How does he think a change in the regime in the sense of increasing the amount of circularity, the reuse of construction and demolition waste will work? Will that lend itself to more demolition or less?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (2 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 422. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will be provided with Section 39 funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27921/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: We have the comprehensive accommodation strategy for international protection and part of that is to provide State-provided accommodation for asylum seekers. There are a number of earmarked sites, including Thornton Hall. It is almost a month ago today that we had a formal briefing on Thornton Hall's identification for State accommodation for asylum seekers but we have not had an update...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (27 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: There is now an indication the CRU will act on section 45 of the 1999 electricity Act to move for a CPO of lands and will outline the process in that regard in the coming weeks. That is a recipe for conflict, in my opinion. If the Minister wants to see this project delivered he needs to go plan B at this stage. The project will not be delivered in the way that EirGrid or the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Infrastructure (27 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: How many megawatts of community-owned renewable energy are currently energised and how many more megawatts will be needed in order meet the 2030 target? It seems clear that there is development in this space from a policy perspective, moving from the RESS and recognising some of the barriers. It remains to be seen whether the new SRESS process will address that. From a community...