Results 81-100 of 139 for long speaker:Cormac Devlin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: ...to meet and ESB Networks has a target to meet by 2030 and onward to 2050. What progress has been made to date, in particular on solar panels? What are the plans in the short term as well as the long-term strategy? I have a few others questions but I ask Mr. Tarrant to respond to that question first please.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: ...I raised on the previous occasion we engaged, and that was around the television licence. Obviously, things have changed in terms of the pandemic and the need for inspectors to do other work. For how long were the television inspectors suspended from their ordinary work during the course of the pandemic? What impact did that suspension of television licence inspections have on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Cormac Devlin: ...NTMA; the EU budget; Irish Water; the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; the Apple escrow fund; and legal costs - just to forewarn the Department officials. I will turn to the NTMA first and the long-term issuances in 2020 totalling €26 billion. I am just wondering about the overall cost of the €26 billion borrowed by the NTMA in 2020. Can the Department officials give me...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Cormac Devlin: ...for patients and hospitals alike. Medical scientists provide 24-7 services in hospitals, and most of them have a science degree or a master's qualification. The action is in frustration over long-running pay and career development issues that are affecting recruitment and retention in the sector. The medical scientists will of course provide emergency cover, but elective surgeries will...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022)

Cormac Devlin: ..., and Deputy Alan Farrell. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 29. I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Cormac Devlin: ...of the early learning sector. The St. Nicholas Montessori College in Dún Laoghaire told its staff and students last month that it is due to close. The St. Nicholas Montessori College had a very long and proud history of education in this sector and was one of the leading colleges in the country. Obviously this decision has taken staff and students, and indeed their families, by...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Cormac Devlin: ...to the Standing Orders, which present serious issues for this committee going forward and we should try to tease out the matter a little more. I am conscious that correspondence is going to take a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Cormac Devlin: ...NTA. I know we were discussing climate targets and for a while, I thought it was a Green Party conference given some of the comments the Minister made. I think we must be very cognisant of the long-term impact of this plan. The Minister and I may disagree about the N11-M11 junction. I know the Minister's preference is everybody on a bicycle but the reality is that we must also...

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Finally, in terms of the planning regulator's recommendations, the way I read it is that there are no low-, medium- and high-risk recommendations, but there are the short-, medium- and long-term ones. I am reading it that the short-term recommendations are the high-risk ones because they need to be implemented in a very short period of time. I have two questions for Ms Buckley. One relates...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Cormac Devlin: ...sector. I have heard reports that it is taking months to fill those positions but that is not because of a lack of applicants. The applicants and panels are there. It is all taking too long to deliver. What can be done in that regard? On the local property tax, do the witnesses have figures for the number of deferrals being availed of across the country? If not, I ask them to send...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Cormac Devlin: ...portion of the €5 billion Brexit compensation fund? Even if we got all the fund, it would not compensate the hit to our economy. As the Department of Finance and ESRI analysis indicates, the long run impact to gross domestic product is between 2.6% and 5% in a no-deal Brexit, meaning losses of between €9 and €17 billion in 2017 prices. Will the Minister comment on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Cormac Devlin: ...a route through Dublin all the way to Greystones. It is not as good as it once was. My question at the time was whether it was being explored to bring in another operator to fill the gap and how long it would be sustained. From the complaints I have received, it appears the service does not address the demand after 8 p.m. What will the NTA do not only about the 702 route, but also...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (7 Jul 2020)

Cormac Devlin: .... None of this can happen without funding. Can anyone put a figure on the funding being sought? Mr. Mongey referred to the cleaner, and I heard him speak about that earlier. I do not know how long a school with 1,000 students has had one cleaner. Covid-19 or no Covid-19, that does not seem tenable. Given the costs ultimately associated with all these documents and all the discussions...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)

Cormac Devlin: ...specifically referred to the hiring of contractors. Let us be honest. There is a cost associated with this. It is cheaper and possibly quicker to use a chemical-based approach, but there are obviously long-term effects, whereas the cost of hiring a contractor for two days may have an immediate effect but does not have the same long-lasting effect of the weeds growing back in the next...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I am chair of the all-party Oireachtas committee on diabetes. I am aware of a framework being discussed by the HSE and providers of certain continuous glucose monitors, CGM. It is taking a long time. There was a previous attempt in 2017 and 2018 to get approval for a particular monitor. That has an impact on those with diabetes. I do not expect Ms O'Connor to have the information right...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Cormac Devlin: .... We have seen the impact of boosters in both the UK and Israel. Almost 880,000 people in this country have received a booster, which is very positive news. However, we have seen issues with long queues at some HSE centres, which it is hoped will be resolved very quickly. People with underlying conditions are currently eligible to receive their booster dose from their GP. However,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: ...previous speakers that we should invite in representatives of both the Department and the board to discuss that element as it is progressing and what we have seen in recent months. It is still a long way off completion and we must have some sort of crystallisation of cost.

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister for his attendance earlier today and for the time he spent at the Covid committee along with members of NPHET yesterday. We had a frank and open discussion, including suggestions from members for how we might further engage with the public. As has been said in this session and in others, we are in uncharted waters. Nobody has the right answer. We are learning as we...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: ...a great opportunity for me to speak about the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021. As my colleague, Deputy Murnane O'Connor, stated, the Bill is long overdue. Certain changes in the regulations were required. The Bill is timely and necessary. The primary purpose of this legislation is to protect the consumer by ensuring that any person...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: ...given that the services are practically outside people's doors. These providers, Eir, Enet and others, give commitments to connect these premises but it never happens. We are talking about years, long before 2020. People are losing faith. Ultimately, that is the engine of the economy. We need to ensure that there is good connectivity across cities and counties. What is going to...