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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: 267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34155/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their time and what they do in the Department. On the Appropriation Accounts 2019, I will start by looking at the diplomatic consular offices abroad. The capital assets are listed in note 2.1 on page 11. The total net capital assets at December 2019 was €169 million, with €159 million accounted for by land and buildings. Is there a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: Is there a breakdown to hand of the number of properties held in Ireland and abroad? I would like to get an understanding of the Department's plan to expand the diplomatic footprint, especially following Brexit. Recently, I heard the Minister speak about plans to set up more than a dozen new missions in locations across the globe in places like Latin America, India, Africa, the Middle East...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: In terms of the impact on appropriation accounts for 2020, what will happen?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank Mr. Burgess. What type of effect has Brexit had on the operations of the passport office? I would like an understanding of the impact of Covid on the production of passports. For the benefit of the committee, I would also like to understand and receive an explanation as to what the passport service reform programme entails, what the overall expenditure to date as part of this has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: What has been the expenditure to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: I believe Deputy McAuliffe may be chairing another committee at present if he is not in attendance now.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Media in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the witnesses. Newspaper circulation has more than halved and advertising spending is moving online. The financial model underpinning traditional journalism is slowly beginning to crumble. The question of the long-term viability of journalism has been looming for some time and it has been brought into sharp focus during the pandemic. Does the Future of Media Commission accept...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: Coming into this meeting, I thought it would be a continuation of the committee's engagement on the prelegislative scrutiny of the online safety and media regulation Bill. Will Ms Quill and Mr. Shanley clarify what has changed for this committee with regard to our work? Have the goalposts moved for what the Department is doing compared with the public consultations with a number of key...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: Has this been communicated to the Future of Media Commission?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: Was that done before the Oireachtas committee was informed of this change?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: I would certainly write to the Minister regarding the comments from members of this committee. The lack of consultation and the fact that we are being presented with this detail in public session is disappointing.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports in place for those businesses that do not qualify for the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (29 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a property (details supplied) cannot avail of high speed broadband; when the area is due to be surveyed; the way he plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) qualified for the employment wage subsidy scheme in September 2020 and is now ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34287/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: 191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for local authorities in handling environmental monitoring data for quarries; the way local planning authority offices publish this data to local communities: the sanctions that are issued if any divergences from the performance standards exist; the way this is communicated to the public; and the way the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: 271. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a tender for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) will be advertised; the typical period between approval by her Department and advertising on etenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Jun 2021)

Alan Dillon: 512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for FreeStyle Libre device that were submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; the number that were approved and refused in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; if there are proposals to remove the age restriction on the device; and if he will make a statement...