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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4019/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4020/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocated to the Legal Aid Board in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the number of legal aid certificates granted by the Legal Aid Board; the number of complaints received by the Legal Aid Board in respect of solicitors operating under legal aid certificates; the number of requests to change solicitor granted by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 335. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the final decision on awarding the tender for the independent chair of the commission to oversee the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be finalised; the details of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 534. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2947/22]

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. I welcome the publication of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. At the outset I thank the Minister and his officials for progressing this important legislation. It has been discussed many times in this House, has been demanded not only by Members but by the public, has been long-awaited by many and follows decades of attempts to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: We witnessed a very significant volcanic eruption over the weekend which obliterated the south Pacific island of Hunga Tonga. The eruption generated a tsunami and ash cloud which has devastated the island nation of Tonga. We heard this morning that the first aircraft with relief supplies has arrived from New Zealand and according to the UN, about 84,000 people, more than 80% of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an update will be provided on plans to support artists with a basic income. [2477/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I apologise for being delayed. I will start with some questions concerning the opening statement. I apologise as well if some of these questions have been posed already. I welcome Ms Forbes and her team. It is good to see everybody again. Turning to the opening statement from the Comptroller and Auditor General, concerning the additional funding provided to support enhanced programming...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: The third part was about the percentage of spend on the replacement of equipment in RTÉ.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Ms Forbes mentioned in her opening statement the large-scale organisational restructure being undertaken. I note the issues regarding gender pay. I understand RTÉ is participating in a working group with the Department as one of 500 other organisations. Specifically regarding the large-scale organisational restructuring in RTÉ and given the challenges Ms Forbes just spoke about...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Is my time up, Chairman?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Ms Forbes also mentioned in her opening statement, with regard to the casual contractors who were ultimately offered contracts, that 82 contracts were offered and there were 79 acceptances. Without naming anybody, can she give us a rough reason for the other three individuals deciding not to accept? I assume they were doing regular work and would have accepted a contract.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Ms Forbes might send a note. I thank the witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Chairman. It is an important update to recognise given the discussions we have had with the OPW on this previously. If I am not mistaken, it was December of 2020 that we were told there would be a resolution to this early in the new year and, obviously, Covid-19 got in the way of that. It is in all our interests that this issue be resolved as soon as possible. It looks like...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Office of Public Works engagement to protect the Glendruid Dolmen in Brennanstown, Dún Laoghaire; and if efforts will be made to ensure continued public access to this important historical site. [2480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the ongoing review into the terms and conditions of political staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [2479/22]

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports from 2017 to 2020 and Related Matters: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank our witnesses for their opening remarks at their responses. I apologise for my delay because I am attending another committee at the same time. I thank Mr. Justice Mahon for the presentation and for the answers he has given. I want to touch on a few items if I may. Perhaps these questions have been answered already but I would appreciate responses to them. I was looking at the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports from 2017 to 2020 and Related Matters: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: There is.

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports from 2017 to 2020 and Related Matters: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (20 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I am going to discuss some of the statistics from the annual report in a few moments. Will Mr. Justice Mahon give the committee an overall breakdown of the complaints from a gender perspective? Have there been more complaints over the years from females than there have been from males? What about over the past 12 months? Does Mr. Justice Mahon have that figure? Does he have a breakdown...