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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Has there been a cost in terms of the ICT hardware and software systems that have been affected and the replacement of laptops? How many systems are currently at risk?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank Mr. Gloster for that update. The next area I want to focus on pertains to statutory foster care and aftercare allowances. In 2020, €119 million was spent in that area. Will Mr. Gloster provide us with an indication of the average spend on statutory foster care allowances in 2020?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: How are these rates determined by Tusla?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Are the rates set on a national basis or are there different rates for regional areas?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Will Mr. Gloster provide us with some details on the aftercare allowance rates, and why they might vary?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Organisations that wish to join the family resource centre, FRC, programme are asked in the first instance to contact Tusla. There is one such organisation in Erris, County Mayo. What are Mr. Gloster's plans to expand the programme and establish new funding schemes under it in the immediate future?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: On the needs analysis and assessment in respect of local responsiveness to an area that has been neglected in terms of services and requires them urgently, how does Tusla prioritise what projects get selected over others? The region, which covers a vast number of communities, is in urgent need. Basically, they are looking for resources from Castlebar, which is more than 50 miles and an hour...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: What is being done to address this in the immediate future? Is there a strategy around the FRC programme, how it can be enhanced and how it can be ensured that it is reasonably balanced and that communities in desperate need of services are looked after?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: We need further action on the upgrading of the R312 from Castlebar to Bellacorick. As the Minister is aware, Mayo County Council received €850,000 this year under the specific improvements grant scheme to progress safety upgrades specifically for the Glenisland bridge replacement and road alignment project. While the new bridge is very welcome and will soon be opened by the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the working groups dealing with the national forestry policy group; the progress that has been made in streamlining the licensing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51683/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional details on the €80 million for farm investments through TAMS announced as part of Budget 2022; the specific supports for solar energy installation; the other supports that may be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51684/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide additional details on the new community safety innovation fund outlined in Budget 2022; if she will provide examples of the type of projects that may be supported through the fund; if addressing antisocial behaviour in residential areas will be included in this fund; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the intended allocation of the additional €10 million provided in Budget 2022 to significantly increase digital services in her Department; if consideration will be given to increased investment at a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51681/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with gestational diabetes in County Mayo in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51903/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 345. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure each pregnant woman diagnosed with gestational diabetes in County Mayo has access to a diabetes doctor and clinic in Mayo University Hospital; the number of doctors available to women in this category in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (19 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 100. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the commencement of changes to the nursing homes support scheme, the fair deal scheme; the benefits of these changes; if additional funding will be allocated for the fair deal scheme; if so, if this funding will help progress the expansion of the scheme or the introduction of a similar scheme for non-residential care; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); the likely timeline involved; if consideration will be given to using the adjacent Covid-19 assessment unit at later point as an interim measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50816/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (19 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 355. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary medical certificate applications that are currently pending appeal by county; the measures or additional resources being assigned to address this backlog; when requests of an appeal hearing will resume following the lifting of public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50394/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (19 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 356. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of assessments completed to the disabled drivers and passengers (tax concessions) scheme 1994, section 92 of the Finance Act 1989, for the primary medical certificate since their resumption at local community level in January 2021; and the progress to date on the delivery of a new scheme for disabled drivers and passengers. [50395/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met. [48307/21]