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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of a dedicated women’s refuge for victims of domestic violence in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7578/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a review of the payment levels to solicitors and barristers for the provision of services under civil legal aid for domestic violence and family law matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda patrols on public transport in the greater Dublin area as part of efforts to make public transport safer for users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda strength by rank across each Dublin metropolitan region district during the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7577/22]

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

Cormac Devlin: The Tánaiste will be aware from his time as Minister for Health of the challenges faced by children with spina bifida and their families in their daily lives. One such family, Tanya and Colin Boyce from Dún Laoghaire, recently shared the story of their four and a half-year-old daughter, Cara, and the impact the waiting lists and delays are having on her health. Children and adults...

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 the witnesses. I apologise for being delayed. If I repeat some questions, I hope I will be forgiven because I did not hear them all. I listened to the opening statements and a few things struck me. To allude to something the Cathaoirleach was just saying, at the outset of this there was much criticism and much debate as to whether the State should get involved in this at all when...

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 all saw and experienced that during the lockdowns. We saw the need for connectivity of all different types, including multiple connections per home as children were doing school activities while we were all trying to work remotely. We even took part in this committee remotely, albeit from within these buildings. On what date is the 25-year contract due to expire? What was the start...

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: Is NBI to continue to manage that for those ten years?

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: To turn to the opening statement, Mr. Hendrick said 475 BCPs, including some in schools, have been installed. That is obviously very welcome. He also said that 54,500 premises are currently able to place an order via their preferred retail service provider. Are the 475 points included in that 54,500 premises?

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: Are those 54,500 new connections resulting from the work that started in January 2020?

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 see. That leads me onto the 154,000 premises constructed or under construction. These are also as a result 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: Okay, that is fine. Mr. Hendrick also referred to 1,200 people hired. How many of those are direct employees of NBI?

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]