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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: On the process, the position was advertised earlier this year, there was a further discussion around the post which ended in mid-July and it took until mid-September to re-advertise effectively the same post. This is not good enough given the sensitivity and scale of the attack on what is arguably our most important Department and potentially others.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I appreciate that. What is the interaction between the national security analysis centre - I do not want Mr. Griffin to comments on its role - and the National Cyber Security Centre?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Griffin. There are three landfill sites remaining. I commend the Department on its work in light of the European Court of Justice ruling in years past and the cost it brought to the State. In regard to the 494 unregulated sites, what is being done to not only clean them up but to monitor them? Some of them are causing extreme distress to local residents given their...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Chairman for the second round of questions and I thank Mr. Griffin for his previous responses. I will drill down into a few other elements in the time I have. Mr. Griffin mentioned the trading online voucher. Some €21 million was spent in 2020 and 13,000 vouchers were awarded. I highlighted that figure because that scheme, and how quickly it was administered by the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Is that just today?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Nugent. I understand the national waste collection permit office is run by Offaly County Council. Does that provide permits for the three active sites or is it for all 494 unregistered sites and every other site? He might just elaborate a little on that issue. I presume that also links in with the environmental fund to the local authorities.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I note two elements in the report. The digital skills for citizens scheme had a saving of €2.5 million. That was the amount left unspent by that programme. Given where we are at with the pandemic, I presume that programme will resume shortly. I hope that €2.5 million, along with the new allocation, will be spent quite soon. In the same vein, €6 million was provided...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Will the €2.5 million that was saved be added to the current budget?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: That is something we might look into next time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: They are agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: It is all right. Deputy McAuliffe sends his apologies as he has to chair the housing committee. I am also on another committee, so I will be jumping between the two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the witnesses for their insights into this issue. I get the sense from my colleagues on the committee that we could spend all day talking about it. The whole topic is fascinating because of the breadth of issues it covers. I note both witnesses stated they watched the committee's discussion last week. From my perspective, and as Senator Higgins just said, this is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: He just does not want to be asked again. That is all he is doing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: It goes back to labelling again.