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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: 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.

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

Cormac Devlin: Mr. Schweitzer might send in a note on that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I agree with the last point the Chairman made. We should follow up with Irish Water, first and foremost, and see what response comes from that. Perhaps we could then go to the council and take it from there. Unless the secretariat has something to offer contrary to that, I think that is the best way to approach the matter.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: We have redone the website and promoted the facility of this committee to the public. What level of uptake have we had? For the next meeting, is it possible to compare the level of engagement? Could we also consider other ways of promoting the committee through our engagement with various ombudsmen and, more importantly, the public directly?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Perhaps we could have a discussion at our next virtual meeting of ways in which to do that. It would be important to examine how many petitions we have taken compared with previously. This year has been a difficult one to use in a comparison, but speaking as a newer member of the committee, it would be interesting to see what level of engagement we have had over the years month on month or...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Go raibh maith agat.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Is its a two-hour session or a three-hour one?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: No pressure but we want the number of petitions to skyrocket after that video.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: A cross-party TikTok. I have never heard of it.