Questions asked 33 total

• Transport 9 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated number of additional buses that would be required if buses on each route on H-spine increased their frequency to every ten minutes.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49974/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at Irish Rail train stations in each of the years of 2019 to 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount that was reinvested into improving Irish Rail services. [49975/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated by Bus Éireann from the €2 processing fee for members of the public with the free travel pass to use Bus Éireann. [49976/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for the re-marking of the carpark at Malahide train station; and when will this work commence. [49977/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his plans to increase the frequency of Bus Éireann route 469 frequency from once weekly to three times weekly. [49978/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if the port capacity study is now complete; the date on which it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50511/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) regarding the readiness of ports for the construction and installation of offshore wind; if he has considered the report and plans to ensure that Irish ports are ready to construct and install offshore wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50512/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the way in which he intends to support Rosslare Port to become ready to act as a construction and installation port for offshore wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50513/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport when the National Ports Policy review will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50527/22]
• Environment 8 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount that the large energy-user rebalancing subvention raised in each year since its introduction; if this revenue was paid to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49611/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which revenue raised from the large energy-user rebalancing subvention was used to subsidise large energy users; the criteria that were used to determine if a company was a large energy user; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49612/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the large energy-user rebalancing subvention was calculated and levied on domestic electricity bills; the way in which the subvention was calculated and paid to large energy users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49613/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount Ireland has been fined to date for the failure to fully transpose the European Electronic Communications Code within the required timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49834/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will bring forward a cybersecurity Bill. [49992/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the establishment, membership and remit of the cross-departmental acceleration taskforces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50528/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the target number of attic and cavity wall insulation completions in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [50684/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of homes that require attic and cavity wall insulation upgrades. [50685/22]
• Enterprise 2 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of whole-time equivalent staff vacancies by job title in the Health and Safety Authority as of 3 October 2022; the full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [49994/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the overall value of goods imported into Ireland from South Africa in each of the past three years. [49995/22]
• Finance 2 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles seized by Revenue Commissioners under section 141 of the Finance Act 1992 in 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022 in tabular form. [49979/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance if the tendering process for a replacement customs cutter vessel will commence before the end of the year. [49980/22]
• Tourism 2 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the dates in 2022 on which she spoke formally with the chief executive officer and-or chairperson of each State agency under the remit of her Department, in tabular form. [49988/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of full-time staff, by job title, working in the National Concert Hall as of 4 October 2022, in tabular form. [49989/22]
• Foreign 2 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Portuguese counterpart to Ireland before the end of 2022. [49990/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on recent activities of the Irish Consulate in Mumbai, including staffing numbers. [49991/22]
• Social 2 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail the plans to centralise community welfare officers in County Meath; the number and location of community welfare officers in the county now and post-reform; the timeline for same; the way in which she has assessed the impact of the proposed changes on service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49944/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic for persons aged over 80 years. [49993/22]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for each of the children's disability network teams in CHO8. [49986/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the current number of scans and x-rays awaiting reading by a radiologist at the Ireland East Hospital Group by hospital. [49987/22]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which he will prepare a management plan for the River Boyne and River Blackwater special area of conservation; the date on which this plan will go to public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50004/22]
• Defence 1 question

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank in the Defence Forces school of music as of 4 October 2022; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [49984/22]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of special exemption orders granted to date in 2022. [49983/22]
• Agriculture 1 question

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the €14.7 million Exchequer capital funding allocated to Horse Racing Ireland in 2022 will be spent. [49985/22]