Questions asked 25 total

• Transport 12 questions

  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of motor tax raised in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7429/22]
  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he has examined the inclusion of an income cap for electric vehicle grants; if so, the income caps that were examined by his Department; the estimated number of persons that would be excluded under each income cap if it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8171/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting time for a motorbike driving test; the number of persons waiting for a motorbike driving test; the action being taken to reduce the wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8841/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the €54 million in funding announced for the 20% reduction in fares on public service obligation routes; the way that this figure was calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8856/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if any of the €205 million in emergency public transport public service obligation is being used to part fund the reduction in public transport fares by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8857/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the meaning of on average in relation to the reduction in fares by 20% on average for public service obligation routes until the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8858/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated increase in demand if public transport fares were abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8859/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering introducing a €365 annual public transport ticket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8860/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will include Ireland’s western arc in the Ten-T review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8942/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the projects that have been submitted by the Government to the Ten-T review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8943/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the final deadline date for the State to make a submission to the EU Commission on the Ten-T review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8944/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the nature of the geophysical survey works in relation to Marine Notice No. 09 of 2022; the way that they are applied for; the number of surveys issued each year; if these surveys involve the use of technology that may clear fish from an area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8945/22]
• Environment 6 questions

  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the seven successful community projects in RESS-1; if all the projects are still progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7646/22]
  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that disincentives for landlords not retrofitting their houses were not included in the new National Retrofit Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8166/22]
  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of households that will apply for the attic and cavity wall insulation scheme in the new National Retrofit Scheme in each of the years 2022 to 2026; the estimated budget for the programme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8167/22]
  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of households that will apply for the deep retrofit scheme in the new National Retrofit Scheme in each of the years 2022 to 2026; the estimated budget for the programme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8168/22]
  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he examined the inclusion of a household income cap in the new National Retrofit Scheme; if so, the income caps that were examined by his Department; the estimated number of households that would be excluded under each income cap if the cap was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8169/22]
  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated carbon reduction savings made by upgrading 100,000 homes under the new attic and cavity wall insulation scheme in the new National Retrofit Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8170/22]
• Finance 4 questions

  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the amount the excise on motor diesel and petrol raised respectively in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7430/22]
  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the amount the carbon tax on motor diesel and petrol raised respectively in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7431/22]
  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 8 February 2022, the breakdown of carbon tax income by year and categorised baseline, additional and total. [8356/22]
  • 2022-02-16 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate to apply VAT, a tax, to another tax, the carbon tax, on domestic gas bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8660/22]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2022-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will put in place to ensure the new schemes under the National Retrofit Plan do not result in tenants being evicted by landlords citing said retrofitting schemes as an excuse for eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/22]
• Further and Higher Education 1 question

  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be granted the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8980/22]
• Agriculture 1 question

  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the exit from the horticultural industry of many vegetables growers; the extent to which this trend is being monitored; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8927/22]