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Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: And mental services

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Mr. Coyle is very welcome. I am sorry I was delayed for the opening remarks. I note Mr. Coyle mentioned the Maritime Area Planning Act in his opening statement. I am from a coastal community in Dún Laoghaire-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: -----and obviously there is a lot of opportunity on the east coast. The east coast is the priority area for offshore wind. Given the events in Ukraine and the need for our energy independence, how does Mr. Coyle foresee the development application and subsequent permission for wind farms on the east coast? I apologise if Mr. Coyle has gone over this ground already, but I am interested to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Mr. Coyle mentioned the floating apparatus in Scotland and Wales. That has been mooted here. The technology has evolved over the last couple of years and, as Mr. Coyle correctly pointed out, the large-scale investment in this industry is coming on stream and improving all the time. Mr. Coyle also mentioned the shallowness of Dublin Bay and, I presume, the attractiveness of that section of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: The floating wind farms are slightly different in the sense that the visual amenity is always going to be an issue. We saw it in Arklow and anywhere that offshore energy has been mooted. For the Dublin area, the proximity to the coastline is the biggest issue. If it is too close to the shore, people will object.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: It has to be towards the horizon.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status and readiness of the Air Corps. [13335/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status and readiness of the Naval Service. [13334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building programme for a school (details supplied). [13404/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider emergency measures to support taxi drivers, including allowing them to add one or two euro to each fare through the additional charge function given the very significant increase in fuel prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an update will be provided on plans to amend planning regulations to allow schools and other institutions to install solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 240. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an update will be provided on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13802/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 365. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13808/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on plans to deal with backlogs and improve services at the HSE Civil Registration Service, given pressures on the telephone booking service; if an online booking service has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on plans for improving podiatry services for local persons with diabetes in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13807/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 401. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the actions and measures being provided by his Department to support survivors of thalidomide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13809/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: We are very grateful in this House for the efforts of our front-line healthcare workers during the pandemic. They put themselves in danger and went above and beyond what was expected. The Government recently agreed to pay a €1,000 bonus to front-line workers in recognition of their extraordinary efforts. However, following recent media reports about the payment structure being...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome this opportunity to discuss the latest amendment to the Bretton Woods agreement. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for bringing this Bill before the House. My party, Fianna Fáil, will be supporting the Bill. As the Minister of State has indicated, this legislation facilitates Ireland's continued involvement in the IMF's new arrangements to borrow and implements...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible for the funding for the independent expert on the MetroLink project to be managed by his Department directly and not by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in order to avoid potential issues arising from a situation in which the agency tasked with the delivery of the project is the same agency that funds and sets the...