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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Foley.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: As a member of the Joint Committee on Climate Action, like Deputy Farrell, I have a particular interest in this debate. The committee spent much of the past year examining and improving the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill before it was passed in July. The Act creates the legal framework and sets out the actions that must be taken to ensure we deliver on our...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Dún Laoghaire will continue to be twinned with a Naval Service vessel in the event of the LÉ Eithne being permanently decommissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47144/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Before the summer recess, the Minister may recall that I raised the issue of Dún Laoghaire Harbour continuing to be twinned with a naval vessel should the LÉ Eithnebe decommissioned. My colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith, mentioned the independent Commission on the Defence Forces, which the Minister said was established in December 2020 and was due to report by the end of the year....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister very much for those remarks, particularly about the connection between Dún Laoghaire Harbour and the Naval Service. That is a connection we want to maintain, as I am sure he can appreciate. I am also glad that he raised the 75th anniversary of our Naval Service. It is important to acknowledge the great work undertaken by our Naval Service and the wider Defence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: While we are on the subject of the Defence Forces, I thank the Minister for meeting with the Women of Honour group and those women who are currently serving in our Defence Forces, and for his actions and statements on behalf of the Government for instigating an independent investigation. I pay tribute to those brave women who have stepped forward to speak out about their own experiences,...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the witnesses. I will have to head away after this as I must return to the Chamber. I thank Mr. McDonagh and the Comptroller and Auditor General for their opening statements. I will ask a few brief questions. Mr. McDonagh has highlighted that NAMA does not own the development sites in its portfolio and that they are instead owned by the debtors, which is straightforward...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Roughly.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: If a debtor did not maintain or extend the planning permission for one of those sites, the value of that asset would have depreciated significantly. Did NAMA encourage debtors to extend or maintain their planning permissions?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: This follows on from my questioning when NAMA was before the committee last year. I want to know whether there has been active management of those portfolios, given that we, as the taxpayers, want to ensure that we get the most value out of them. Is Mr. McDonagh telling us that his team actively encouraged and supported the extension of those planning permissions?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Yes. Mr. McDonagh specifically referenced the Dublin docklands. Was the figure he cited 86%?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Is that the figure for completions in the SDZ?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Is that on track?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: How does that figure compare to the Poolbeg West SDZ, which had a much later start than the Dublin docklands?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I presume I have a few minutes, Chairman. Will Mr. McDonagh touch on the wind-down? He referenced the strategic plan from 2022 to 2025. What does it entail? He might talk the committee through it. The next time we speak, NAMA will probably be in the throes of that plan.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: The witness mentioned Fingal and Kildare.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent visit by the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs to Latvia and Estonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46843/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent attendance at the General Affairs Meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46842/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the Public Pay Commission's report on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new cycling infrastructure projects which have been approved in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown as of September 2021; the progress of the Sutton to Sandycove S2S coastal promenade and cycleway; if the project will be considered as a priority in the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47354/21]