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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourist Accommodation (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: As the Minister is aware, the tourism sector is coming out of a very difficult few years after Covid-19 restrictions, on top of which there are the cost-of-living crisis, the energy crisis and the influx of refugees from the Ukrainian conflict. However, media reports yesterday covered the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation, ITIC, issuing of a report, Irish Tourism: Impact of Ukrainian...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourist Accommodation (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: About 80% of refugees have been put up in facilities outside of Dublin. That means the knock-on effect on those areas is particularly harsh when it comes to tourism. The ITIC also estimates there could be a loss of up to €1 billion in earnings and hundreds of job losses. That represents a serious threat to the industry. The Minister said the Government is looking at a rapid house...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any communications with RTÉ on the matter of pay discrepancies between workers in Raidió na Gaeltachta and those in English language RTÉ radio stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56968/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: Has the Minister had any communications with RTÉ on the matter of pay discrepancies between workers in Raidió na Gaeltachta and those in English language RTÉ radio stations, and will she will make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: As the Minister said, I have raised this at several committees, including the joint committee with responsibility for media and the Committee of Public Accounts. When I raised the issue at the Committee of Public Accounts, the RTÉ representatives at that time gave a commitment to review the situation. We chased it up with them because we had got no response, and they came back...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: That is very much appreciated. What I would suggest, and we will do this at committee level, is to request detail and a timeframe from RTÉ. It is funded by the licence payer. A practice of discrimination against Irish language workers is just not tolerable. I want them to prove me wrong but, up until now, they have not given me much faith. The Minister may be able to assist the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: 32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she would be in favour of the extension of Ireland's Ancient East marketing brand to include counties such as Antrim, Armagh and Down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56969/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the prospect of the introduction of varying VAT rates for different parts of the tourism sector; if she intends to raise this with the Minister for Finance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56970/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: 221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to address the payscales and current pay rates of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; if additional funding will be made to locally-based CE sponsoring authorities to provide pay increases to their staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57070/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: I want to start with the disabled drivers and passengers scheme. Did I hear Mr. Hogan say that there was an underspend of €2.7 million in 2021?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: Was it €2.7 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: I want to talk about the nature of the scheme. The Ombudsman described it as excessively restrictive. After June 2020, when the individuals affected took the matter to court and won the case, nothing appeared to change. The Minister made technical changes but they did not alter the qualifying criteria for the scheme or make it easier for people to qualify. The board itself had a meeting...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: Sorry, but in June 2020 when the High Court decision was made and those individuals won their case, the board was coming to the Department flagging that the scheme was not fit for purpose. The Ombudsman passed comment on it. Two and a half years later it has still not been reviewed. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: On the process, there were two campaigns looking for expressions of interest. How many expressions of interest were received in each campaign?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: Three from the two campaigns. How many expressions were there in the first one?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: Can Mr. Hogan get is for us? Just out of curiosity.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: How many positions are available? On these questions, the Department has been banging on about this for two and a half years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: We need five. Right.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: Is there a timeframe for when the new board will be set up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: Will it operate as a stopgap until reforms are brought it or how will it work?