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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: The Chairman has opened my eyes up because I just recently did that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: On head 7, the new section 29(6)(b) relates to the power of the charities regulator to withdraw the application for charitable status if they deem some documentation not to have been presented to the charities regulator. There is a feeling that while there may be some documentation that needs clarification or might need to be submitted, to remove the charity from the register for something...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I am quite surprised and I am going to find out today exactly how much money went to the school, because it was a diary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Okay. I never knew that until the Chairman said that. It is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: My understanding was this money was going to the school. That is certainly what I was led to believe. That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: The invoice will be heading the Chairman's way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Once one applies to be a charity it is unclear as to whether one can operate as a charity while the application is ongoing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: There are a number of references to the UK and to EEA countries in the context of the operation of charities. My query is specific to the operation of charities in the North where, for example, a 32-county charity may have an office in the North but is also operating in the South. I cannot detail them here but we must be aware of some of the difficulties that may pertain to charities in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: No. That is it. Go raibh maith agat.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (15 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 146. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new legislation in relation to the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022 will come before the House of the Oireachtas for debate. [44556/22]

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: The debate is taking place in the midst of a massive rise in the cost of living. I urge people to attend the protest on Saturday, 24 September, at the Garden of Remembrance at 2 p.m. It will be one of the biggest protest marches we have seen in a long time. The existing national retrofitting plan has two distinct streams. These are the better energy warmer homes scheme, which aims to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 135. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment will be paid to Fire Brigade Paramedic staff who were on the front line during the pandemic. [46336/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: The use of public transport depends on the confidence of its users in the delivery of a reliable service. I would like to raise the issue of the 70 bus service, which runs between Littlepace and Dunboyne and has been withdrawn by the NTA. This is going to leave passengers without a direct service when BusConnects eventually comes in in 2024. More than 4,000 people have signed a petition...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to reverse its decision to remove a direct service from the Dunboyne Littlepace community under the BusConnects project, that was previously served by the 70 and the 260-bus service. [46400/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request an update from Transport Infrastructure Ireland on noise abatement measures as part of the N3/ M50 upgrade. [46401/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today and for the meeting we had recently to go through a lot of the amendments. It is very helpful to get that deeper understanding of where the charities are coming from. There are three words: it must be transparent, fair and proportionate. If we can get those right it will be a really good Bill. That is what we are working...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (27 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional full-time senior principal scientific officers and two additional full-time senior executives in global procurement for Enterprise Ireland. [46820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (27 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of full-time staff working in the National Cyber Security Centre as of 1 January 2021 and 20 September 2022, in tabular form. [46836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the contract for the provision of catering services on board Iarnród Éireann intercity rail services has been put out to tender; and if so, the deadline for accepting tender offers. [46822/22]