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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of instances of antisocial behaviour and violent attacks on DART trains and stations; the methods in place to monitor these incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are being taken to prevent antisocial behaviour and violent attacks on DART services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (16 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to make remote working an option for persons working in the civil and public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55673/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This morning on radio, the Minister for Education suggested to parents that they should not organise play dates or birthday parties. This is in important information to get to parents. The reaction in my emails and phone calls so far is about the question of schools more broadly. There is a concern about where this will go. Parents are seriously concerned. They are already juggling so...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an update will be provided on the work being done to address the issues that emerged in a documentary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56188/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (17 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56449/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for attending. I want to ask about the credit guarantee scheme in particular. In her opening statement, Dr. Quinn said that €98.2 million had been drawn down in supports to 1,890 businesses. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How much has been applied for?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Sorry to interrupt. Were they approved by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, or by the bank?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does Dr. Quinn have the number of companies that have been approved by both and are drawing down?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is there a difference between the number of companies approved by both and the number approved by SBCI but not a bank?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Dr. Quinn said the drawdown was €550 million. I think there was an original provision of €2 billion for this line of support. Close to two years into the operation of the scheme, we have reached a quarter of the provision. It did not need to be a target but it needed to be there for businesses when they looked for it. Did Dr. Quinn get feedback at any stage from business...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I appreciate that. It is not a target, as such, but what you would be watching for though is if you were hearing from businesses that it is difficult to get it. The original figures show that there was a very slow drawdown at time when you would have thought it might be most needed. It is worth keeping under review. The most important thing is that it is there for businesses. Credit...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does Dr. Quinn have figures for the proportion of applications approved by SBCI that were facilitated or not facilitated by the pillar banks, and within a reasonable timeframe, versus the proportion ultimately facilitated by credit unions? The point I am making concerns the difference in treatment between the pillar banks and the credit unions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I appreciate that it is ongoing work. I will refer to one of the challenges highlighted by business initially. The scheme was well flagged throughout that first summer of Covid. I think it was introduced in September 2020 and business was waiting for it, notwithstanding the EWSS, CRSS and other supports. One of the criticisms was that it was there to finance Covid-related debt as opposed...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is the reality of business. That is the difficulty when you are trying to design a scheme within EU parameters and those relating to the Department. The reality for business is if, for example, a hotel has been redeveloped over the previous three years and the business has that debt and is capable of refinancing it based on normal returns, revenue and trading, that changes because of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, but they were coming to an end

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There was an extraordinary level of support provided to the banks in the context of the 80% guarantee. The risk they would have taken on with those loans was very small. Feedback from businesses in my area, largely export businesses to the Far East and so on, was that the banks were not interested in taking on any additional risk and, irrespective of the 80% backing, the 20% was not worth...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department is taking to support the provision of education in developing countries in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Programmes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the continued success of the Irish Fellows Programme which provides educational opportunities in Ireland for persons from developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56487/21]