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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Of course, there is always a spin-off. NBI employs 300 and then there are the contractors Mr. Hendrick mentioned. He also referred to subcontractors and listed off a good few of them. Is he saying the remaining 900 are contractors?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Does that include subcontractors?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: All right. I just wanted to get a rough total of the number working on it. In his statement, Mr. Hendrick also mentioned NBI's co-operation and work with Eir and Enet. I commend him on his work for the islands. That is important. We are talking about rural Ireland and you cannot get much more remote than the islands. That work is essential because it will have benefits in terms of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: We receive a lot of complaints about the lack of connectivity or high-speed broadband. How do we liaise with NBI to highlight those black spots? As I have said, there are plenty of them.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Will Mr. Hendrick come back to us with information on the programme for those particular types of premises? That is probably the bigger issue. As a representative of an urban area, the existence of black spots is a big issue. I hope that NBI is aware of them all but, in case it is not, there needs to be a way for Members to feed in for various different reasons. I am talking about the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Hendrick for the clarity.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be introducing new measures to enhance consumer protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6829/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (10 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is bringing forward new competition legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6830/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 64. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made in relation to the long-awaited roll-out of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need. [7927/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to accelerate the treatment programme for children with spina bifida. [7926/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing free or heavily discounted public transport in the greater Dublin region on a trial basis to encourage the use of public transport and to alleviate the cost of living as part of Government plans in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 284. To ask the Minister for Finance the duties and VAT that apply to vehicles imported into this jurisdiction and registered in cases in which such vehicles were previously imported into Northern Ireland from Britain; if used cars imported into Northern Ireland from Britain prior to 1 January 2021 were not subject to the need to complete a customs declaration and not liable to customs duty...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the arrangements in relation to structural improvements and enhancements to rental properties in Budget 2023 such as through retrofitting to allow these costs to be offset and treated as expenses rather than via capital allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 286. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the current arrangements with regard to improvements to rental properties which are currently capitalised over eight years given inflation rates; if he will consider reducing the time period or introducing categories for items to reflect their average useful life to encourage landlords to improve properties; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 287. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of active employment wage subsidy scheme claims and the amount paid, by month in Dublin during 2020 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing and affordable housing projects under construction across the four Dublin local authorities by the location address, the number of units, project status and the expected completion date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7586/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7583/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new school building projects by primary and secondary level being progressed across County Dublin in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7584/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children benefitting from the school meals programme, the hot school meals programme during 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7585/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active pandemic unemployment payment claims and value by month in Dublin from 2020 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7587/22]