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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I appreciate the Minister's engagement on this. It is probably our final exchange in the current Dáil term. I do not know if we will be back again for another round of these parliamentary questions. Throughout your term, Minister, I have enjoyed dealing with you. We have very different political views on many issues. I wish you a long and happy retirement from this House. You have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Local Link services in the Cork East constituency: if there are any plans for new routes in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42103/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I want to ask the Minister for Transport about the updating of the Local Link services. In my constituency, where they have been rolled out, they have been successful. That is good but I want to make the point that we have villages, such as Lady's Bridge, Ballymacoda, Lisgoold, Shanagarry and Garryvoe, that need further services. In some cases, and many of the villages I have just...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I welcome all the witnesses. The Peter McVerry Trust is in the headlines for the wrong reasons, which has prompted a lot of questions that need to be answered around what merits the Charities Regulator getting involved to undertake investigative work. Under Part IV of the Charities Act 2009, the Charities Regulator has the power to appoint investigators to investigate the affairs of any...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: In how many instances has that happened? As the Peter McVerry Trust grew between 2011 and 2022, I understand that it took over nine separate charities. The trust’s remit is supposed to be housing and homelessness, but the purpose of one of those charities was the advancement of religion, which is not one of the trust’s charitable purposes. The trust is in receipt of...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: An approximate figure is okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: The reason I ask is there is a lot of grime on the window of the immigrant investor programme, IIP, which I am concerned about. Nobody is quite sure why it was shut down. A number of charities were involved in the process of obtaining it. There are multiple reasons - "issues occurred" and pressure from the European Commission and other aspects at an international level but looking at the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: Will Ms Delaney elaborate on that? She said it was not something the Charities Regulator was specifically looking at.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I want to be careful; I am not from a legal profession but I want to ask the question because it is relevant. Is Ms Delaney aware of many charitable bodies accountable to the Charities Regulator from an inspection point of view that left that structure and went into a company limited by guarantee structure or out of the charity structure to obtain funds from the IIP?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: Ms Delaney is not aware of that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I encourage Ms Delaney to do some digging. It has been brought to my attention as a Member of the Oireachtas. I will not bring it up but it has crossed my desk.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I will.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I will defer to the second round because I am interested some of the responses. Is that okay, Chairperson?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Budget 2025 (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the effect of Budget 2025 on the road allocations for the same year; the funding available for Transport Infrastructure Ireland next year; the amount of that funding related to Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42102/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocations to road projects contained within the NDP; if the funding has been spent in full during 2023; if not, the amount of unspent funding returned to his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29502/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (17 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has investigated the possibility of implementing flood prevention measures against the River Glenaboy at Bridge Crossing, West Street, Tallow, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42170/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (15 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline possible State aid funding for businesses which face pressures following the no-reduction decision on VAT taken in Budget 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41298/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide extra time for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties in second level examinations to ensure students reach their full potential; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40936/24]