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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS funding through ETBs is available for foreign language courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8888/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on progress under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9273/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason future employment contracts for school secretaries do not include provisions for bereavement leave and wedding leave, in accordance with standard Department contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9288/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: 437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding available for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8919/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: 625. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an outline of the treatment available for dementia patients in County Mayo, including investments in services and strategic plans to improve these services further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9289/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: 638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available for students who attend modern foreign language courses through ETB's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: 639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) can transfer their college course from Letterkenny to Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8979/24]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: The terms of reference of the remuneration committee were received in the Department on 30 November, and it took until last week, almost three months later, to start asking questions on it. Is that correct?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: When they were received, what did your officials tell you?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Why did you not clarify if these terms of reference were in effect?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Certainly, that clarification was required at the time they were received back on 30 November, and not last week. Do you agree?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Did you clarify it with them?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Should your officials have clarified that matter?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the witnesses and wish the president of the FAI, Mr. Cooke, and its new independent chair, Mr. Keohane, the very best of luck. My first question is to Mr. Keohane. Did he spearhead the internal investigation or was there an internal investigation with regard to the pertinent details of Mr. Hill's undisclosed holiday payment? Is that something he has subsequently investigated?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Okay. On the previous meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on sport, does Mr. Keohane accept that Mr. Hill delivered an accurate account with regard to the details he presented back in December?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: It brings further clarity. Does Mr. Keohane accept that in one sense Mr. Hill could have misled the Dáil and should now correct it?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Essentially, back in December, Mr. Hill denied ever requesting the payments and he sought to quote the former CFO, stating, "Jonathan requesting to be paid out of unused holidays." We have the evidence here today with regard to what the former CFO has said. This email also includes a caveat warning: "Our normal policy is not to. It is use them or lose them." That is substantially...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: It is more than a slip-up because-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Despite the legal approval, which Mr. Keohane outlined previously, why are the HR director of people and culture, Aoife Rafferty, and the former CFO, Alex O'Connell, not present today?