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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options being put in place by his Department to fund large-scale capital projects for education and training boards; if the eligibility for funding will include the construction of new headquarters buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36834/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Statement of Strategy 2022-2024 for An Garda Síochána; if her attention has been drawn to plans to expand the Garda Information Services Centre in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36815/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reviewing the application fees for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; if consideration will be given to a weighted reduction in application fees for persons that have been resident in Ireland for significantly longer periods than the minimum eligibility requirements; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí within the Mayo division from 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her Department’s policy position on joint policing committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36935/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: I would like to welcome our guests. I wish to start by focusing on the GMIT Mayo campus. My first question relates to the duties and responsibility of the HEA in respect of the delivery and implementation of the 33 recommendations from the working group report that was published in 2018. Does Dr. Wall accept that the HEA has failed on the delivery of the recommendations following the...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: What level of consultation did the HEA have on the implementation of the recommendations? It is quite clear that both GMIT, in consultation with the HEA, had responsibility for delivering these recommendations. It is clearly summarised that 13 out of 33 recommendations, or 39%, are reasonably established in terms of their implementation. The report also states that a further 14 have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: Has the report been brought to the Department's attention? I am referencing a paragraph, contained in the letter in respect of the review of the implementation report, which states that 2021 is year four of the five years of ring-fenced funding for the Mayo campus. It states that the question of long-term sustainability of the campus post-ring-fenced funding needs to be considered. What...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: When are these discussions expected to take place?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: On the ring-fenced funding of €750,000 per annum over a five-year period, did taxpayers get value for money regarding how that money was spent?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: That is not necessarily the case when you look at what the money is actually being used for. The primary, principal and expected use would have been to implement the recommendations and put the campus on a better financial footing. However, what we have seen from the HEA correspondence is that it is being used to service the deficit.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: We are four years down the road and we still do not know. We still do not have a plan. That is what Dr. Wall is saying today.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: I will be very brief. Dr. Wall mentioned weaknesses in the HEA's internal systems. Will he explain the HEA's procurement systems for external service providers? As an example, Mazars completed the working group's report. Will Dr. Wall explain how the HEA procured its services?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: What was the overall cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: Were the authors of the report generated aligned with the HEA in any way? Were they ex-employees? Were they completely independent of the HEA?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: Was that so in this specific case?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: Will the witnesses come back to me with a note on the overall cost?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 104. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE property review group will approve the proposed extension for Castlebar primary care centre; and the additional services this extension will provide. [28424/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the type of financial supports being provided to organisations such as an association (details supplied) in County Mayo; if there are plans to develop a funding plan to create capacity to address emergency and future care needs; if there are plans to introduce adequate multi-annual budgets provided as well as capital funding and funding for transport and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts that have been undertaken by his Department to accelerate the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in a location (details supplied); the engagement that has taken place with National Broadband Ireland on accelerating the roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37498/21]