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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I would like an update from the Minister with regard to his recent visit to Lithuania where, I understand, discussions around rule of law and issues pertaining to Hungary, Poland and Belarus took place.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister of State for that update. He mentioned a visit to the Belarusian border. I note the remarks made earlier by the Minister, Deputy Coveney, Deputies Cowen and Howlin and others in regard to regular migrants who, it is my understanding, are Iraqis. What is the view in Lithuania with regard to Belarus, Russia and other actors within that area? I understand that last...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the witnesses for attending. I apologise for missing the opening remarks. I was in the Chamber. I apologise if I am going over old ground. I think the Department's response to an intense crisis in a short time was exemplary. I acknowledge the questions of my colleagues about reviews and ensuring that public money was spent wisely. I note what the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Excuse me, did I miss the figure of how much we have contributed to the European Space Agency? Is that an annual set amount or does it change?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: As I said, it is a point of interest to me. In terms of the restart grants, in particular the restart grant plus, does the Department have a timeframe for when the review might be carried out and how it might be carried out? Will it be done at a local level through the LEOs or through the funding organisations, or will it be done through the Department? When will it be done? My second...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Before Dr. Quinn comes back in on the HSA question, where fraudulent or inappropriate claims have been made or found, what recourse is open to the Department in that regard and what would the Department do to try to seek the return of those funds?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: That would be a fivefold increase, effectively, on the 2020 figures, given all of the various new inspectors that have been brought in or drafted in for the purpose of inspections during the pandemic. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Strategies (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made in the Nordic Strategy. [56488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons that have left the Permanent Defence Forces to date in 2021; the number of new recruits there have been over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Development Plan (18 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the key defence measures under the new National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56501/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets and Climate Action Plan: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I am conscious of the Minister's time. I apologise; I had problems with the broadband here in the office, but I am on the campus. I ask the Minister about his comments about microgeneration and selling back to the grid. When does he hope that individual properties will be able to avail of that type of scheme? The Minister touched on energy security earlier. I ask him to elaborate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets and Climate Action Plan: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: It was on the interconnectors.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 10 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55879/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 9 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the code of conduct in relation to commercial leases since October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55637/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish a detailed map updating the national broadband programme roll-out for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area which clearly details the outstanding amber and blue areas; when the amber and blue areas will be upgraded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55634/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Food Waste (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of funding committed to the Stop Food Waste programme in each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the EU Single Use Plastics Directive has been transposed into Irish law given that he committed to transposing same by 3 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55640/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (16 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date for the commencement of the new 4B bus route as envisaged in the BusConnects proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55635/21]