Questions asked 29 total

• Environment 8 questions

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the allocation for all of the different retrofit schemes accounting for any changes post revised estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43463/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total amount of funding awarded and community energy grants awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the average level of funding awarded per each successful grant application; the total number of applications rejected; the total number of successful applications per county; the target for community energy grants in the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44016/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications regarding community energy grants awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the total amount of funding awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the average level of funding awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 per successful grant application; the total number of applications rejected in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of successful applications per county in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and to date in 2023; the target for community energy grants in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44023/23]
  • 2023-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the quantity of textile waste produced in Ireland annually in each of the years 2020 to 2022, and to date in 2023; the quantity that is recycled in Ireland as part of a circular economy; the amount that is exported internationally; which countries does Ireland export this material to; the volume of same in each of the years 2020 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44254/23]
  • 2023-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way the Government is preparing for the EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles; the new regulation that will require Member States to separate textiles from other waste in January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44255/23]
  • 2023-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the quantity of recycled materials that Ireland exports every year per source material; the countries to which this is exported; the quantities for same in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44256/23]
  • 2023-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the quantity of soft plastics that is recycled in Ireland in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; what infrastructure exists to recycle soft plastics; if there are plans to develop this infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44265/23]
  • 2023-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the amendments to the existing non-domestic microgeneration scheme; if the amended scheme has led to an increase in uptake; the number of grants that have been awarded over the lifetime of the scheme and since it was amended; the average amount of award over the schemes lifetime and since it has been amended; what is Ireland’s non-domestic solar capacity; the 2030 target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44289/23]
• Health 5 questions

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43636/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres available in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group, in tabular form. [43637/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior house officers in neurodisability at CHI Temple Street Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43638/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the accident and emergency departments that currently have a general practitioner on site; and the hours of the week when each of the GPs are based in each of the accident and emergency departments, in tabular form. [43639/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43640/23]
• Justice 4 questions

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of asset profilers based in the Meath Garda division as of 3 October 2023; and if she will provide the corresponding figures as of 1 April 2021, in tabular form. [43646/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of unmarked Garda mountain bikes in the fleet. [43647/23]
  • 2023-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the total number of gardaí in Meath at present; the total number newly employed; and the total number who resigned in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44011/23]
  • 2023-10-11 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on her plans to respond to the strikes of criminal law barristers; if she has plans to raise legal aid fees to pre-2008 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44012/23]
• Enterprise 3 questions

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade and investment mission to Italy will happen in Quarter 4 of 2023. [43648/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Mexican companies that the IDA Ireland has engaged with in relation to setting up in the State in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43649/23]
  • 2023-10-12 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that are being taken to increase climate literacy in his Department, to implement green public procurement and to retrofit his Department's buildings as noted in the Climate Action Plan and in his Department's Climate Action Roadmap September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44288/23]
• Foreign 2 questions

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount that was spent on the recent refurbishment of the Irish Consulate General office in Chicago; if this refurbishment programme is completed or still ongoing; and the number of companies that applied for the contract to refurbish the Irish Consulate General office but were unsuccessful. [43641/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region was discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [43642/23]
• Defence 2 questions

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has spoken to the United States Secretary for Defence to date in 2023. [43650/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out Gormanstown Camp to date in 2023; if each refurbishment works programme is completed or still ongoing; and if still ongoing, when those refurbishment works will be completed, in tabular form. [43651/23]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2024 if the budget for the National Transport Authority Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan increased by 50%. [43643/23]
• Education 1 question

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of buses in the Bus Éireann school transport fleet for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school term, in tabular form. [43634/23]
• Tourism 1 question

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received the 2022 annual report from the National Concert Hall; and if so, when the report will be published. [43635/23]
• Further and Higher Education 1 question

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of the Higher Education Authority. [43645/23]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the Charities Regulator in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [43644/23]