Results 1,461-1,480 of 4,096 for speaker:Cormac Devlin

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (4 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in relation to the implementation of district heating in Ireland. [53650/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Process (4 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to bring the Circular Economy Bill 2021 before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53651/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (4 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expedite the electrification of Ireland’s private car fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress he has made towards the preparation of a railway order for DART+ fleet and DART+ coastal south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53652/21]

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for bringing forward this motion. I welcome the opportunity to examine it. I will be supporting the motion which will authorise the Minister for Finance to not allocate €500 million to the rainy day fund for 2021. The action is prudent given the very exceptional circumstances created by the Covid-19 pandemic. A similar motion under...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Unions (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance how he is supporting the credit union sector to continue to provide essential financial services to local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54363/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Unions (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I ask the Minister for Finance to outline the ways in which the Government is supporting the credit union sector to continue to provide essential financial services to local communities.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Unions (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister of State for that reply and for his engagement, particularly on the review. I note that €1.1 billion being lent for SMEs and mortgages. Will he please update the House on the three commitments contained within the programme for Government, one of which is the status of the review with the policy framework with the credit unions and how they are operating? What...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Unions (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: The Minister of State mentioned the credit unions’ willingness to step in, particularly given the closure of bank branches throughout the country. There have been a number of high-profile branch closures, including in my constituency and in Dublin city. Only last week, Shankill in my constituency lost its ATM. Some Deputies might say that that is not the end of the world. However,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: On behalf of Deputy Crowe, I ask the Minister for Finance his plans to enhance the NCID, in relation to insurance.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: That is welcome news. I welcome the proposed extension of the national claims information database. I note that last week, at an Oireachtas committee, Oliver Gilvarry, head of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council secretariat made the point that enhancements to the NCID database would provide greater detail on claims which would help to drill down on the cost of the awards....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister of State. It is certainly good information for consumers. The first Central Bank report on the national claims information database was published more than a year ago. It identified that in reality, the award to the individual, whether through PIAB or the courts, was pretty much the same. Coming back to the database, that is why, according to the National...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to address differential pricing in which insurance customers are charged higher premiums relative to the expected costs the longer they remain with a provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Staff (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the recruitment of a director of the Irish National Cyber Security Centre; when the job specification was supplied to the Public Appointments Service for the first time; the length of time before this was published the first time and then on the second round; the date on which the latest version of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the background, take-up and roll-out of the digital skills for citizens scheme over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54136/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Dublin local authorities that applied for and were successful under the environmental fund for local authorities since 2010; the amount each of these applications were for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54137/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the various elements of the creative youth programme; the way it has been rolled out in the administrative area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54138/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the 24 DEIS schools which received funding under the Fighting Words-Creative Ireland Programme; the allocations to each in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54139/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Rights (9 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding Ireland's adoption of the definition of anti-Semitism of an organisation (details supplied). [54131/21]