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Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (5 Apr 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the State Claims Agency to provide a breakdown of claims by sector for the period 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicles (5 Apr 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts that are being made to achieve national targets regarding the use of electric vehicles; if he will consider a strategy or policy to encourage the importation of second-hand EVs from the UK, including reducing VRT and other taxes, charges and levies on the importation of these vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17627/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (5 Apr 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of negotiations around pay and conditions for staff employed on the Houses of the Oireachtas scheme for secretarial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (5 Apr 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (5 Apr 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the income thresholds for persons over 70 years of age to access the GMS medical card scheme given increases in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient drug and alcohol treatment detox beds that were available by CHO in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 15. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the provision of services at the obesity clinic, Loughlinstown hospital, County Dublin. [17002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 22. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the provision of services and future development of the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, County Dublin. [17001/22]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (24 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons availing of emergency homeless accommodation in Dublin who are not on a local authority housing list and who do not qualify for social housing and housing support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15579/22]

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome our guests. I represent Dún Laoghaire, and I am sure they are very happy for Shannon Foynes Port to be a tier 1 port as opposed to a tier 2 one, given we went through that process previously. I also congratulate the Shannon Foynes Port Company on the funding it has drawn down from the Connecting Europe Facility. Mr. Keating mentioned channel depths of up to 32 m and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I also mentioned fibre-optic connectivity and grid connectivity. Will Mr. Hallissey or Mr. Keating reply regarding those items?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the witnesses very much for that discussion and for their opening remarks. It has been a really useful discussion for us and certainly extremely interesting. I have three questions, one of which is about energy security and relates to EirGrid specifically. It is good to have its representatives back before the committee. This is something we discussed during their previous time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: On a needs basis.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Cormac Devlin: The risk of flooding for several large swathes of County Dublin and other coastal communities is a genuine environmental threat of which I know the Minister is acutely aware. I am sure he is also aware of the joint report on the status of Ireland's climate, which was produced in 2021, that shows sea levels have risen by 2 mm to 3 mm per year since the 1990s. Will the Minister provide an...

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

Cormac Devlin: Good morning to Mr. Reid and his colleagues. It is good to have them before the committee again. I thank them for the information provided to date. I will start with Mr. Mulvany on the Comptroller and Auditor General's opening remarks concerning the annual report, which discloses an unaudited figure of more than €1 billion of current expenditure. This was spoken about earlier but I...

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

Cormac Devlin: I am aware the HSE publishes that but I wonder if there is a way to streamline the process so that the committee does not encounter this problem again when it receives the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the operation and running of the HSE. Effectively, it says there are two different systems at work. The HSE is accountable to the Department and, ultimately, the Minister and...

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

Cormac Devlin: I am familiar with that because we have spoken about it before. I am conscious of my time. I turn to the CAMHS issue. Ms O'Connor is welcome back to the committee. I heard what she said about Kerry CAMHS to the effect that it is specific to that area. I do not want to dwell too much on it because it is an active, ongoing case. However, it would be remiss of us not to touch on it while...