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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of boats removed from rivers, canals and inland waterways in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; the process involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocations made to the four Dublin local authorities to fund the housing adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability scheme, and the mobility aids grant scheme, in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; the allocation of same for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47677/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are being taken, under the new Housing for All plan, to increase the supply of housing for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all further educational institutes are required to devise and submit strategic and development plans for their campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to students who have recommenced first year at universities after difficulties with Covid-19 in 2020; if there is standard guidance to universities; if his attention has been drawn to reports of some institutions charging full tuition fees such as in the case of a person (details supplied) whereas others are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 541. To ask the Minister for Health if a new scheme will be considered as part of Budget 2022 to make a contribution towards or cover the costs of medical reports required for driving licences for persons over 70 years of age who have a GMS card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 614. To ask the Minister for Health when the contract management support units will be fully in place to support the various service providers across the nine community healthcare organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47715/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the preclusions, exclusions or implications that exist for parents who gift via inheritance cash or physical assets to their next of kin in cases in which the children are living with a significant intellectual or physical disability; if they risk losing access to HSE supports or other social services; the efforts that have been made to ease inequalities in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 789. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the recent public consultation around the Control of Dogs Act 1986; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47675/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the guests and to those who are returning. My question is for the CRU and its opening statement on energy security, which I have raised previously with the Department and in the Dáil. The CRU said that delivering the regulatory framework to support the new interconnectors Greenlink and the Celtic link. What does it foresee as the stumbling blocks, if any, in that process?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: On that point, is that the consultation that closed in early July or am I thinking of the consultation on data centres?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms MacEvilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Foley.

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)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their opening statements and for the information provided to the committee in advance. I will start with the escrow fund. I note Mr. O'Kelly's comments in his opening statement. The total net assets in the fund decreased by an alarming €36 million in 2020 and, I think, €16 million in 2019. That brings the fund to €13.98...

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)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms O'Halloran for that. I presume, given that answer, that the NTMA will be back before the committee and we will be discussing escrow several times between now and a final determination by the European courts. Is there any liability for the State if the fund goes below a certain level? I accept that the NTMA is looking for a return, and it is not for investment purposes but just...

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)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. O'Kelly for that clarity. I think the annual operating charge is €7 million per annum. It is a fixed charge, if I understand correctly. Will the witnesses elaborate on that? What does the charge entail and who effectively is administrating it?

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)

Cormac Devlin: Okay, and €7 million between four entities is not too bad either on an annual basis, but that is a different day's work. As for the 2019 financial statements, there was a withholding tax of €2 million. Will the witnesses elaborate on that tax, please?

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)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms O'Halloran for the clarity on that. I have one last question about the escrow fund. I note that there is a formal investment meeting or deliberation in November and that there was another one in 2019, if I am not mistaken. The use of the word "formal" suggests there are informal, ongoing discussions or meetings regarding this fund. Can one of the witnesses elaborate on that...

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)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. O'Kelly for that. The following questions may relate to Mr. Breen of the State Claims Agency, or somebody else may answer them. I note that there were 12,175 active claims by the end of 2020. That was a 5% increase on the figure for 2019, with an estimated total of €4 billion in potential liability. Can somebody give a breakdown sector by sector? I note there was...

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)

Cormac Devlin: Yes, please. It would be helpful for all the various sectors. I know it has been broken down for us but it would be nice to see it broken down further. From the initial establishment in 2012, I think the liability at that stage stood at about €1 billion, so we have increased it rapidly over the years. What is the main reason for those continuous increases year on year, bearing in...