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Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: There are two other Deputies but we have only six minutes left. I ask them to please be brief so the Taoiseach can respond.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: We have two minutes left. If the Taoiseach strays over that, it will take time from the next slot.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I remind the Deputy that we have two more questioners.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: That concludes Taoiseach's Questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: The Taoiseach outlined that. He was responding to questions.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: We will now move to Deputy McDonald who I understand is sharing time with Deputy Brady.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I apologise for the delay in starting. The Chair is on his way and will be with us shortly. Members are joining online, as well as physically here in the committee room. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the Climate Action Plan 2023. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and his officials to the committee room. I remind members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister for those opening remarks. We are going to move to questions, and Deputy Richard Bruton is first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Deputy Bruton. He could feel the glare, could he?

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to examine the issue of safe staffing levels in Irish hospitals, which are fundamental to delivering safe health services to the highest standards. It is important to acknowledge the programme for Government, which commits to the large-scale expansion of the health and social care workforce. This expansion has been significantly accelerated since the beginning of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms O'Reilly for engaging with the committee again. It is great to have her before us again. I thank her for her opening statement, on which I will first ask some questions. Ms O'Reilly spoke about the types of queries and complaints that her office deals with, including fundamental rights by EU agencies involved in asylum and migrant issues; revolving doors, which I heard her...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I note that in 2021 the European Ombudsman's office opened 338 inquiries investigating complaints. Ms O'Reilly referred to her office's own-initiative investigations in matters of public interest. Does that extend to Qatargate? I am sure there are many own-initiative investigations in the European Ombudsman's office? Some will arise from complaints, I presume, and then others will be...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I was taken by Ms O'Reilly's remarks on the transparency of environmental decision-making. She said her office is receiving an increasing number of complaints in this area each year. Based on a figure of 338 complaints made in 2021, when Ms O'Reilly says the number is increasing, by how much is it increasing each year? To what breadth of complaints does this extend?

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the European Ombudsman and that will be helpful. Following on from that, Ms O'Reilly launched the public consultation and I am aware that her office is still analysing that. Is she at liberty to tell us the volume of respondents that her office had to that public consultation?

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms O'Reilly. I have a number of other question but perhaps I will put those in the second round if the Chair does not mind.

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I was struck by chapter 6 of the annual report, which relates to how the office helps the public. It is mentioned that some of the complaints were referred to the European Commission, which Ms O’Reilly spoke about earlier, to national or regional ombudsmen and to EU networks such as Europe Direct and Solvit. Why are Europe Direct and Solvit referred to? If Ms O'Reilly will excuse my...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms O'Reilly. In keeping with that theme, I am continuing to refer to chapter 6 of the annual report, and specifically the table setting out the "Subject matter of inquiries closed by the European Ombudsman in 2021". Ms O'Reilly talked about recruitment being one of those elements. The table sets out that 29% of complaints are on transparency and accountability, 26% are on culture...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms O'Reilly. That clarifies that. My colleague has spoken about the turnaround time. I was struck by that. Ms O'Reilly had a comparative piece from 2013 and 2021 in the annual report. I want to pay tribute to Ms O'Reilly, and all her colleagues in the small but very effective team in the office, because that is some turnaround time and some improvement on the turnaround time. Ms...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Lobbying is lobbying.

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms O'Reilly. The report categorises the various agencies with which her office has been dealing. Ms O’Reilly referred to this in her responses to the committee. The European Commission accounts for the vast bulk of complaints, which is understandable. I was surprised because I thought that maybe the European Parliament or whatever might be the next highest. I was struck by...