Results 1,361-1,380 of 4,156 for speaker:Cormac Devlin
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: Mr. Flood might send a note please on those figures. I thank him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Cormac Devlin: I welcome Ms MacEvilly and her colleagues. It is good to engage again with them on this very important topic. Obviously, it is an issue that we have all engaged with over the past two years at least. I want to touch on the issue of arrears first, particularly in light of the commissioner's opening remarks. He acknowledged the emergency electricity credit and the benefit it has had, which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Ms Trant spoke about how there was an influx of calls. To me, it would be commonplace, where the smart tariffs and meters were being advertised at such a rate, for people to be calling in and looking to switch themselves, whereas heretofore it would have been the energy companies ringing their customers to switch over. I do not expect the witnesses to have exact data on the volume of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)
Cormac Devlin: That is interesting. Finally, particularly in advance of this coming winter, I ask that we seek a better way for customers to engage than through the phone process, because it is painful for everybody and it ups the ante. It could be another reason why some people - not all - are not engaging adequately. It is a torturous process, to be frank about it, and some companies are worse than...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: I welcome Mr. Gleeson and his officials. The nature and large presence of the officials present shows the breadth of the Department. They are very welcome and it is good to engage with them again. To stay with the forestry issue, since its introduction, what kind of impact has the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 had on licensing applications within the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: Is there an average timeframe for dealing with an appeal?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: That would be great. Mr. Hayes mentioned the independence of those appeals officers, rightly so. How are they chosen?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: How are they actually selected?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: By the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: The members are independent of the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: Once they are chosen and selected, they are independent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Hayes. To move on, in terms of the emissions targets, obviously, that has put a different focus on the Department and its targets. Is it set to meet its targets by 2025?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: Very good. I will focus on a number of the programme headings. In the context of programme A, Mr. Gleeson referred to food safety and animal health and welfare. An interdepartmental committee to consider the control of dogs was established and there are recommendations coming down the tracks in that regard. Does that fall under programme A?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: Not yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: It is the responsibility of the owner.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: I presume the Department will seek to increase its anticipated expenditure under this heading. Additional penalties, observation, control or monitoring of situations - Mr. Gleeson mentioned local authorities, for example - will involve expenditure. I presume that will be considered.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: Mr. Gleeson has enough on his plate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: I am limited on time. My apologies. We might come back to the issue if we have time. With regard to programme C and the World Food Programme, WFP, in his opening statement Mr. Gleeson made the point that there were additional moneys. The programme asked for an advance earlier in 2022. I ask him to outline the contribution of the State in that regard. It has increased year on year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Cormac Devlin: Full marks to the Department on its engagement with the programme. Obviously, it is an essential programme across the globe and we need to play our part in it.