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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: Which is it - a competitive process or if there was more information available to him?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I have two quick questions. In terms of the lands and sites NAMA currently has to dispose of before 2025 or thereabouts and previous land it has sold, has NAMA kept the full planning permissions attached to those sites active or did it let them lapse? If so, roughly how many are we talking about? I would have hoped and expected that extensions to planning permissions would have been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to provide extra buses and other forms of public transport in view of the way the reduced capacity is impacting on school and college students, along with employees going to and from work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29786/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the nomination and election process for the taxi advisory committee; if there are vacancies on same at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied); if she will investigate the case to ensure all procedures were correctly followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29781/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if she will investigate the case to ensure all procedures were correctly followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29782/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the deadline for leaving certificate appeals in view of the calculated grade errors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the number of autism spectrum disorder places in primary schools, with particular emphasis on south County Dublin which is suffering a shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29785/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of the old age pension or provide a special Covid-19 top up for the duration of the pandemic in view of the additional costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic such as purchasing personal protective equipment, PPE. [30020/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of the carer's allowance or provide a special Covid-19 top-up for the duration of the pandemic in view of the additional costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [30021/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of jobseeker's allowance or provide a special Covid-19 top-up for the duration of the pandemic in view of the additional costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [30022/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of all disability and illness payments or provide a special Covid-19 top-up for the duration of the pandemic in view of the additional costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [30023/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30090/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the way the leaving certificate process in 2020 impacted Disability Access Route to Education and Higher Education Access Route students; the supports that will be put in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29784/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29788/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide extra funding to An Garda Síochána to increase overtime and reinitiate the public order units that were available during the acute phase of the pandemic during April and May 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29789/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request increased funding in budget 2021 to ensure the oral hygiene and dental sector is supported in the form of enhanced subsidies for general medical services, GMS, and PRSI patients and increase tax reliefs for private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29790/20]

Other Questions: School Enrolments (14 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent change in enrolment policies issued by a religious organisation (details supplied) and the impact it will have on parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28353/20]

Other Questions: School Enrolments (14 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister for taking this question. I would like to speak to the sibling-first policy and the impact it will have on many parents. This came as a surprise to parents and families, particularly those hoping that their children will go to the same primary school. I understand this change impacts on Catholic schools and does not impact on other school patron bodies. One particular...

Other Questions: School Enrolments (14 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister for that clarification. I understand that the policy primarily impacts on oversubscribed schools. That said, I think the sibling-first policy would impact negatively, particularly for the boards of management in terms of voluntary contributions for the schools and the issues facing principals as well in allocating places. While I appreciate the Minister's response and...