Questions asked 41 total

• Environment 14 questions

  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of the total EU contribution to the Energy Charter Treaty secretariat Ireland’s contribution represents. [40893/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has conducted a risk assessment of liabilities arising from potential legal challenges under the ISDS mechanisms of the Energy Charter Treaty. [40894/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has conducted a risk assessment of liabilities arising from potential legal challenges under the ISDS mechanisms of the Energy Charter Treaty. [40896/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of upgrades to the Moffat pipeline. [41116/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the predicted increase in gas demand by data centres by 2030. [41117/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment; Climate and Communications if a strategic review has been conducted on the impact data centres will have on meeting renewable energy targets or emissions targets; and if any consultation with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has commenced on this issue. [41118/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if emissions from data centres are included under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. [41119/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide the evidence base of the including of increased electrification in the heat and transport sectors as a relevant factor in the technical analysis to inform a Review of the Security of Energy Supply of Ireland’s Electricity and Natural Gas Systems request for tender given EirGrid’s analysis shows increased demand for electricity will come exclusively from data centres and not electrification of heat and transport. [41120/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason increased demand for gas, for example, from data centres is not included in the relevant factors in the energy security technical analysis request for tender. [41121/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the microgeneration scheme will be introduced; the reason for the delay in introducing this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41126/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of persons on the warmer homes scheme waiting list; the current estimated time from application to completion of works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41128/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of households that will have their homes retrofitted under the various schemes in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41129/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will be providing a public service obligation for the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41133/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the findings of the review into the north-south interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41137/21]
• Health 11 questions

  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the way persons who did not register on the HSE vaccination portal given they were in priority groups 4 or 7 for example, and as such did not provide an email address will receive their digital Covid certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35647/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if children who are not vaccinated and travel from Britain to Ireland after 19 July 2021 with a negative PCR test will need to quarantine at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38140/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if children who are not vaccinated and travel from an EU member state to Ireland after 19 July 2021 with a negative PCR test will need to quarantine at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38141/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of action Item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38450/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing via legislation the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; and the reason there has been limited progress made in this regard since 2013. [38447/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State of the mandatory hotel quarantine system to date by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39375/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when the HSE applied for and was granted licences for the importation of medicinal cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40082/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when staff who have been deployed from respite care to cover day service hours in residential houses will return to providing five-day a week respite services at Clann Mór House, Commons Road, Navan, County Meath; if funding will be provided to ensure this happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40083/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if elderly persons in County Meath are entitled to free chiropodist visits each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40084/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when rehab services for persons with intellectual disabilities will resume to their pre-pandemic levels in County Meath; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with intellectual disabilities in County Meath have had their hours cut from 30 hours per week to six hours per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40085/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when diabetes clinics will return to pre-pandemic services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons with diabetes have not had in-person consultations with their consultant or diabetic nurse for a number of years as a result of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40086/21]
• Transport 9 questions

  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will receive their driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39273/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for a car theory test by test centre; the number of persons waiting for a driving test by test centre in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41123/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers hired to date in 2021; the total number of driving testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41124/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the total Covid-19 pandemic related funding provided by his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41127/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of EV grants provided in the first six months of 2021, by vehicle model in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41131/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number and value of EV grants provided in the first six months of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41132/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the value of funding for greenway development in County Meath that has been provided to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41134/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of re-opening the Navan rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41135/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the status of plans to upgrade the N2 in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41136/21]
• Education 4 questions

  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 15 June 2021, if the estimated €1,000 per student covers costs such as the additional buses and drivers needed to provide extra places on the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40051/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of purchasing one new school bus for use on the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40052/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of NEPS psychologists that are assigned to schools in County Meath; if psychologists assigned are based on school population; if the psychologists work on referrals during the school break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40078/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if a record is kept of the number of students who are referred by their school for a private psychological assessment each year due to the limited number of NEPS referrals assigned to an individual school in one year in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40081/21]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of Ireland’s position on the EU Digital Services and the Digital Markets Acts. [40895/21]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the amount of the connectivity fund invested to date; the projects and entities in which the funding has been invested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41130/21]
• Children 1 question

  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of time the Covid-19 rules on the number of children in a pod will be in place for childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39428/21]