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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I will be brief. I know we are limited in time. I thank Mr. Foley and his colleagues in EirGrid for the presentation. I understand an estimated €50 to €75 million worth of electricity goes to waste each year when wind turbines are powered down or energy is dumped because more has been produced than can be used. I raised this issue with the Wind Energy Ireland...

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I wish to acknowledge the unprecedented support the Government has provided to support businesses and maintain jobs throughout this pandemic. I welcome the Minister’s commitment that there will be no cliff edge to these supports and that Government support for businesses and jobs will continue well into the year. As he will be aware, some industries will need additional support to...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the Minister and Minister of State and am grateful for the opportunity to examine the Covid-19 vaccine roll out. At the outset I want to place on record my own appreciation to the doctors, nurses, members of the Defence Forces, vaccinators and others involved in the critical effort to bring our nation out of this pandemic. News that more than 1.25 million vaccines have been...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the practice of an employer requiring employees, who cannot attend their work premises due to Covid-19 restrictions, to reimburse the employer for the cost of couriering work materials such as files to the employee is prohibited under the Payment of Wages Act 1991; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cabinet Committees (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 486. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings held by the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment; the dates of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 545. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the effective dates of the last three increases that were applied to the pensions of civil service principal officers in retirement; the level of increase that was applied to their pension on each occasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ascertain through the Property Registration Authority of Ireland the ownership of the granite outcrop to the rear of a location (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if taking photography in a range of locations near a development site to facilitate the preparation of photomontages for visual impact assessment while preparing a file for planning submission or in response to a request for further information issued by a planning authority under the Planning and Development Acts that is in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include all DEIS band one schools when reducing class size numbers for all class levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18801/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (21 Apr 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 1226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average estimated cost of the direct provision system per person per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18795/21]

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]