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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: This is not a trick question, but all I am asking is whether criteria are set out, which accepts that we need to find accommodation and that, by and large, we cannot be picky but we need to know that there is access to healthcare and education. Are criteria given to the companies that are contracted, who make significant profits?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: No, but companies make offers to the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: I started off my comments by saying Mr. McCarthy has the most difficult job in Ireland at the moment. I appreciate that. What I am getting from him is that there are some sort of criteria. This may not be the Department's fault, as it happened so quickly, but there has been some secrecy about the system or perhaps not enough communication. It is probably a resource issue. I want to be...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: Is that before the Department would sign a contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: Like in Cahersiveen.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: Yes, it was Cahersiveen. That is a good example. I have one final question. Are the criteria listed on a single page, and is it available? Could Mr. McCarthy provide us with a copy? I want to be supportive of him.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: That would be great. I thank Mr. McCarthy very much.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate that. I thank Mr. McCarthy for his guidance and honesty.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (26 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of modular units that he expect to have built for Ukrainian refugees by the end of 2022. [53801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (26 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has visited modular building companies to assess their capabilities of delivering modular units for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will provide details of which companies he visited and the dates of same. [53802/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (26 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the locations that have been identified for the location of modular homes for refugees; if he will provide full details of these locations and whether he is aware if there are any issues with these locations which could prevent them being used for that purpose. [53803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (26 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the five towns and or villages with the smallest populations that have taken in groups of asylum seekers; and if he will provide details of locations, populations of locations and volumes of asylum seekers that have been placed in those locations. [53804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (26 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of modular units that will be delivered and in place by the end of 2022 to house Ukrainian refugees [53799/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (26 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all the 500 units of modular housing that the Government has stated it will deliver for Ukrainian refugees will be contracted out for delivery in 2022 and if not, the reason for same. [53800/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (26 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail all contracts that the Government has with a group (details supplied) to provide asylum seeker accommodation or Ukrainian refugee accommodation; the total cost of each contract to date; the breakdown of the locations of property provided by the group; and if he will provide details of any...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (26 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider placing modular homes in the Germantown military camp to help with the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [53806/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of hybrid, electric and hydrogen buses that will be delivered in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [53184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 Oct 2022)

Alan Kelly: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus and heavy goods vehicles driving tests that were carried out in each driving test centre within County Tipperary in July, August and September 2022, in tabular form. [53185/22]