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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Is the Tánaiste aware of the alarming trend of urban post offices closing and the impact this is having on communities? In that past year alone in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown constituency, Monkstown and Foxrock post offices have closed. Residents in Dalkey were told this week that their local post office will be closing on Friday, 8 October, and that the postmaster is retiring...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome Mr. Reid and his colleagues and I thank him for his opening remarks. I apologise as I was not here at the time, but I have read his statement since. I will start with the grant-aid agreements, which have been a welcome addition to the entire process for section 38 and 39 organisations. There is a little bit more certainty and there is good engagement between the relevant CHO...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Good. That makes sense. I thank Mr. Ryan for that clarification. In terms of the capital programme, to which Deputy Dillon referred, there is a real need for many of these section 38 and section 39 organisations, which either lease or maybe own their own building, to access capital funding. Is there any plan coming forward for that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: It is very hard for those organisations to try to access capital funding. While I appreciate it is limited, particularly in urban areas such as Dublin, where we need extra capacity for some of these organisations, the benefit of unlocking capital funding is that it could expand those much-needed services. To stay with the section 38 and 39 organisations, I want to ask a few questions on...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Does Mr. Reid have a breakdown between random and targeted audits? He can come back to me on that if he wants.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I have limited time. In terms of the integrated financial management and procurement system, which is known as IFMS, I know that over the last couple of weeks, and even for the last number of years, the IT systems across the HSE have been questioned. What impact have the cyberattack and the pandemic had on the original budget for the financial management and procurement system within the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Has the original date of March 2025 to have it implemented been pushed out to 2026?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: The HSE might correspond with the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I did not get a chance to delve into the financial statements for 2020. On page 146, according to note 6, there has been an increase in agency staff. Is that more staff or higher salaries with the same staff?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Is there a need to increase the level of agency staff for this year? What is the plan there?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Yes, with retirements and whatnot. I turn to note 4 on patient income on page 143. I assume it was the pandemic which saw the reduction in a lot of these charges, particularly the E111 claims. What does the heading "Road Traffic Accident Charges" relate to?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all public sector workers will be receiving a pay rise on 1 October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45686/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I support Deputy McAuliffe's proposal on having a focus to the meeting specifically around projects, including MetroLink, the DART underground and others. Given that these matters have been on the agenda for so many years, it is appropriate for the committee to examine the expenditure to date and the plans for the next number of years. If we can limit the discussion to the matters Deputies...

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome today's discussion. At times, it has felt like a debate on the Housing for All programme. On that issue, when this legislation was being discussed in the summer, there were many debates in this House, although we were in the convention centre at the time. The issue had a very good airing. Obviously, some Deputies chose not to support it but ultimately all of us are coming from a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: As Deputy Bríd Smith stated, it is very hard to ask any new questions but I will do my best in the limited time available. I thank the speakers for their contributions. It illustrates the level of interest in this matter that we are only now getting to the final questions. In her opening remarks, Dr. Tienhaara she spoke about fossil fuel phase-out policies and the issue that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Dr. Tienhaara. Does Dr. Carton wish to comment?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 189. To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider the suggestion by a person (details supplied) that everyone who died during the Covid-19 pandemic would be remembered in a national commemoration. [45086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coastal Protection (28 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has commissioned research on the implications of climate change on the Dublin transport network, particularly the continued impact of rising sea levels on the operations of the coastal rail and DART line in Fingal, Dublin city and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; his plans to mitigate the impact and to safeguard the continued...