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Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I understand. Does Ms Downes know from the list Caranua had how many survivors still-----

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I apologise for cutting across Ms Downes but my time is limited. Is Ms Downes saying that based on the list with which she was provided that ranged from 2013 to the present day, in theory, there are about 5,000 survivors with whom there has been no engagement?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: What is the process for those individuals subsequent to the wind down of Caranua? What happens then?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: So it goes to the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I ask Ms Downes to come back to me, particularly with the regard to the tenant support scheme and the number of complaints because I have concerns about individuals from whom none of us have ever heard but who have made an application for access to their €15,000. From where I am sitting, that money is theirs to spend. I accept what Ms Downes said about repairs and items for which a...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I see that but we are talking about the other element. I thank the witness.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I am a new enough member of this committee but I have to say that with all the other witnesses who have come before us, when questions were asked we got detailed answers. I have not found that today. There has been a lot of the witnesses saying that they will come back to us or that they do not have information to hand, not just in response to my contribution but to those of others as well....

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms Hynes for that but neither question was answered. While I know the legislation will come before the Houses in the new year, does she have a specific timeframe, perhaps to the nearest month? I am conscious that Caranua probably will not exist after 24 March. I think that is the date. On the issue of the data on the website, that is great, and I can look for those data after...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Cormac Devlin: That is fine if it is not available. I just thought it would be a good question to ask because it would give us as a committee a timeframe to work to. I will source the data myself.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (13 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the investor-state-dispute-settlement mechanism of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada in view of the recent ECJ ruling on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44728/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (13 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projected economic impact of the State ratifying the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44729/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out of 24-hour bus routes in south Dublin including Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sites in Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown, County Dublin that have availed of the serviced sites fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44724/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Schools Building Projects (13 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44730/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (13 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a progress report on Coillte's plans for its sites in the Dublin mountains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44727/20]

Covid-19 (Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Before I begin, I take this opportunity to wish the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and other colleagues a happy new year. I also wish to thank the staff for their work and efforts during this pandemic to keep the Oireachtas operational. I welcome the opportunity to examine the impact the pandemic is having on the education sector. Like many colleagues, I have been contacted by students, parents...

Covid-19 (Higher Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Ministers for their attendance. I have questions for both of them. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the impact the pandemic has had on the higher education sector. As we have heard both in this session and in the earlier session, Covid has had a devastating impact on the education sector as a whole. Lectures and tutorials have gone online. Events and sports events have...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the publication of the report into the mother and baby homes. Its publication brings to the surface the many dark and extremely oppressive, depressing and aggressive actions of many of these so-called homes. This report is an important document which gives voice to the experiences of some of the most vulnerable in our society across many decades. The survivors showed immense...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consult his ministerial colleagues, given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and consider the introduction of legislation to amend electricity standing charges to support businesses, particularly those in the hospitality sector that are currently closed or operating at a very low level; and if he will make a statement...