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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: Was that a board decision to take that judicial review? What stage is the review at and what is its likely cost to the fisheries board?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: The start of it was a board decision.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: I ask the question because I have seen a scenario where the fisheries board objected to planning permission for a school and took it all the way to An Bord Pleanála even though the school gave a commitment to the fisheries board. I reckon that delay has cost €2 million to the project. Is there a policy for engaging on environmental issues with schools and local authorities where...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: In this case, there was not one. The issue basically was that the fishery board felt the sewage treatment facility in a small local community was not adequate for the school. The old school was already connected to the system. The school gave an undertaking that it would not increase the number of pupils but the fisheries board took it all the way to An Bord Pleanála and delayed the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: I am asking whether there is a policy. In this case, it went all the way to An Bord Pleanála at a cost to the Department of Education and to the local community.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: Is it not about time that there was a written policy because this is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: I fully understand the fisheries board wanting to protect the environment. What I am saying is that in this case, there was no engagement. Even where the school authorities tried to have engagement it was a closed door.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to ask about co-ordination between local authorities and the fisheries board. Is the fisheries board satisfied there are enough processes in place so that there is a maximum benefit from its point of view and the delivery of the service that it is trying to provide? It is satisfied there are adequate processes in place for this engagement to be ongoing?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. O'Donnell is speaking about the staff and I fully understand they have a lot of territory to cover. With regard to environmental issues, does Mr. O'Donnell feel that at this stage it would be helpful if IFI had additional staff to help out in this area? The fisheries board watches developments all of the time. Mr. O'Donnell has already explained how fish stocks have decreased...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: I know this does not fall under Mr. McCarthy's remit, but I raised this morning the issue of one State agency stopping another from going ahead with something, with a cost to the taxpayer as a result. Is there guidance in the organisations-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: It is relevant in the sense that IFI objected to a Department of Education project and, as a result, an additional cost of about €2 million has-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: I just wanted to ask a question about the obligation of one local authority, or one State authority, costing another State authority money. I wonder what-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: I know there are no rules and regulations, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: This was an objection to planning. Even though the school board tried to engage with the fisheries board, it refused to engage and took it all the way to An Bord Pleanála. It delayed the whole project by 18 months, and the costs shot up during those 18 months.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: I appreciate it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the number of housing completions in Cork in 2022; the projected number for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the amount of people who availed of the help-to-buy-scheme, local authority affordable purchase scheme, first-home scheme and the local authority home loan scheme in Cork in 2022; the amount of funding provided under these schemes in Cork in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33126/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm whether her Department is investigating the possibility of linking the rate of maternity benefit to a woman’s pay or PRSI contributions; if so, the current status of these plans; when they are likely to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32824/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, following an audit of all unoccupied properties previously used either to provide accommodation to members of An Garda Síochána or former Garda stations no longer in use, he will set out the number of these unoccupied properties which have been sold to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out in detail his Department’s future proposals for the building which was previously occupied as the main prison in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33292/23]