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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: In 2021, what was the return on the sale of Bank of Ireland shares? Have any AIB shares been sold to date in 2021?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: I will move on to the pandemic stabilisation and recovery fund. The ISIF made a fund of €2 billion available on the Minister's instructions in May 2020. As was stated earlier, the fund sought to support medium and large enterprises affected by the pandemic. One of the criteria was that the enterprises would have more than 250 employees. In regard to the fund of €2 billion...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: How many companies in total have entered this programme of funding?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Does the NTMA expect to see a return on this investment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Our aviation sector has been significantly impacted. There has been investment in Aer Lingus and the DAA. Will Mr. O'Kelly outline the figure in the pandemic stabilisation and recovery fund portfolio that has supported those two businesses, specifically?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: The Minister last year directed the NTMA to transfer the balance of €1.5 billion to the national surplus reserve fund and the Exchequer . What is the status of the fund? The budget is upon us and we need to get an understanding of the status of our rainy day fund.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Was there a cost to the State in converting that asset into cash in order that it could be transferred back into the Exchequer?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for the strategic rail review; if the western rail corridor forms part of the review; when he expects a draft version to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49166/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sports Funding (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if the underspend from the stay and spend scheme will be considered to go toward sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49087/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the total contributions approach for calculating the State pension (contributory) to those who have not accumulated PRSI contributions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49169/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Prices (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider that all persons aged 70 and over qualify for the fuel allowance to reflect the increased cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49188/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the old age pension in Budget 2022 in view of the rising cost of living and the pressure that the costs are putting pensioners under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49427/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 369. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to revaluate the ECCE capitation for childcare providers to reflect the increased cost of living and rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49687/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (13 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided by the Higher Education Authority to the Connaught-Ulster Alliance consortium in seeking technological university status since 2015; the way this funding was spent; the progress on the submission; when a decision will be made on its status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of an application by a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (13 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical assessment can be redone due to the unsatisfactory way the original assessment took place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49939/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: I feel obliged to raise the issue of primary medical certificate appeals which are resulting in significant delays and frustration for applicants who require adapted vehicles. Following a Supreme Court decision in June 2020, the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal was advised by the Department of Finance to suspend any planned appeal hearings until further notice pending legal advice....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the witnesses. An important issue in the constituency I represent is the national broadband plan, which has shone a huge spotlight on the digital divide between our urban areas and rural areas. I ask Mr. Griffin what the Department paid to National Broadband Ireland, NBI, in 2020 and what contract milestones NBI met to receive this figure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Has NBI met all its contract milestones to date in 2021? What has it received for that period?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: What are the criteria used to determine the milestones? Mr. Mulligan stated that they have all been achieved for 2020.