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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding a university (details supplied) for the purpose of SUSI grant aid and other open colleges which make QQI awards and certificates in many subjects in order to increase access to higher education and allow persons upskill during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18802/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of candidates that were on the An Garda Síochána recruitment panel at 31 January 2021 subject to Covid-19 public health regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of audio-visual appeal hearings which have been conducted by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in 2020 and in January and February 2021; the number of those hearings which were conducted in a language other than English; the reason her Department has not been in a position to facilitate interpretation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appeals currently extant before the International Protections Appeals Tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if administrative staff, part-time members and full-time members of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal are treated as employees of her Department for any contractual, payroll, pension or administrative purposes; if the administrative staff of the Tribunal are eligible for promotion or transfer opportunities within...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports that a medical practice (details supplied) will only receive a vaccination delivery every two weeks which is causing considerable delays to the vaccination roll-out programme in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18490/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bariatric surgeries that have taken place each year since 2010 by region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1626. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for all those waiting for bariatric surgery for three years or more, less than three years and less than 12 months by region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1627. To ask the Minister for Health if there are financial supports for the service providers directly or for the adults with disabilities that attend day services or that live in residential homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request his officials to investigate if a racecourse (details supplied) would be suitable for use as local Covid-19 mass vaccination centre for the south County Dublin, north County Wicklow regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18789/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for their attendance. I have another committee meeting after this one so I apologise for having to leave after my questioning. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is broad and so are my questions. I look forward to engaging with each and every witness. I will start with programme A. Mr. Gleeson mentioned animal welfare. I noticed...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: That is fine. My question concerns the World Food Programme. Mr. Gleeson mentioned that it was an advance on 2020. I understand this and it is welcome and proper. Given the scale of challenge for that UN programme, particularly after Covid-19, could Mr. Gleeson elaborate as to how he sees the 2021 programme developing? Obviously, there was, as he noted, a request from the executive...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: If I can help Mr. Gleeson, I will ask it in a different format. Could he outline the role and importance of Department inspections in the horse racing and greyhound industries? He might have a figure. If he does not have one today, he might come back to me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Gleeson. I presume it is quite similar moving to the meat processing plants. I was a member of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response and the meat processing plants played a central role through our investigations into the spread of Covid-19 throughout 2020. Mr. Gleeson might elaborate on that. I know the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, and the HSE are the agents...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I would ditch those headphones if I were Mr. Gleeson because we can hear him clearly now, much better than we did with them on.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Mr. Gleeson can come back to me on the number of inspections last year but I think the public would want reassurance that the inspections are ongoing. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I understand that. I thank Mr. Gleeson for that. I have limited time, so apologies. It is reassuring to know that they are ongoing. It was not just Covid-19 that impacted on last year and 2019; it was Brexit also. I come from a coastal constituency in Dún Laoghaire and we are very proud to have BIM located in the town. I note that the seafood industry in 2020 accounted for a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Gleeson for that. I will turn to the Comptroller and Auditor General report, particularly in respect of the procurement issues. There were some non-compliance issues. I believe there were 98 contracts in total with a value of a little over €14 million. In the same vein, I note also that there was the risk and control framework. That predates my time but I understand...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Finally, the asset verification project was expected to be done by 2021. Are we still on track with that? The Department would want to make sure that the project is completed by the time Mr. Gleeson appears before us next year.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Yes, it does. I apologise to the Chairman for the delay, as I was attending another meeting. I thank the Minister for his time and it is good to talk to him again. My apologies if some of these questions have already been answered but I understand from Deputy O'Sullivan that perhaps the Minister has touched on this before. If he will excuse me I will ask the question in any event as I did...