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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (5 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the Minister's support for and engagement with Mayo County Council. It is hugely important. We have a very good housing team in the local authority and I am working closely with that team. However, housing policy in Mayo has been dictated by financial interests rather than by the needs of the locality and that certainly needs to be reformed. We should pursue affordable housing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (5 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will detail the uptake in County Mayo of the tourism business continuity scheme since its introduction. [22200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (5 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention was brought to a sporting bodies (details supplied) ongoing situation regarding its 17 executives and committee members to allow Russia to enter a bid for a competition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the number of appointed full-time vacancy officers and town regeneration officers across local authorities; and the extent to which these roles will play in supporting the housing supply throughout the country. [22199/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: It is reassuring to hear of the work that is under way to deliver efficiencies and to provide a more resilient passport service. I also want to acknowledge the staff in the Department and the Passport Office and thank them for their sterling work. I wish to raise an issue relating to the 39% of applications that are incomplete, namely the frustration of parents with the action that occurs...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his ongoing work at reducing wait times for passport applications; the reason for the delays in updating the online passport tracking system; the reason that members of the public cannot contact the Passport Office given that phone lines are frequently down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22972/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will initiate discussions with the aim of opening a Passport Office for urgent appointment services in the west, similar to the Office that is in place for the south and east of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22973/22]

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister of State. Deputy Ó Ríordáin is sharing with Deputy Sherlock. They have five minutes each.

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: Next we have, for the Rural Independent Group, Deputy Michael Collins.

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate and acknowledge the work of the Labour Party in bringing forward this Bill. The timing of this discussion could not be more appropriate in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis and rising inflation. I welcome also the Government's commitment to move from a minimum wage policy to a higher living wage that is designed to take into account...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that have been taken to ensure the health and well-being, particularly mental health, of Irish Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23833/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way that he plans to recruit additional Defence Forces members; the remuneration package that he plans to offer existing and new members of the Irish Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23834/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the capital project for a school (details supplied); the remaining steps in the approval process: when a project manager will be appointed; when her Department was last in contact with the school in relation to the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the DEIS appeal process for primary and secondary schools (details supplied) in County Mayo due to the increasing enrolment policy with diverse inclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23824/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
University of Limerick Financial Report 2020 (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: I very much welcome our guests. I will start with the Comptroller and Auditor General's opening statement, where he stated his view that the agreement between the university and the former president regarding his resignation had the "typical characteristics" of a severance package. UL stated, based on its legal advice, it was satisfied that the recognition of payment did not constitute a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
University of Limerick Financial Report 2020 (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: The characteristics. What steps has the Department taken against the university for making a payment like this to the former president?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
University of Limerick Financial Report 2020 (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: At what stage in the process was the Department informed of the remuneration package for the former president and what he received?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
University of Limerick Financial Report 2020 (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: What steps has the Department taken to ensure the same interpretations are not taken by any university or third level institution into the future?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
University of Limerick Financial Report 2020 (12 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: In respect of the learnings, what steps has the Department taken to ensure the same interpretation is not taken by any future university or third level institution into the future?