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Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Is the Department overspecing them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: I thank the witnesses for their time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: I do not think anyone here was trying to blame anybody in the Peter McVerry Trust or any other organisation. The Peter McVerry Trust will have to look in the mirror and be accountable for the decisions made in the organisation. On the wider piece around responsibility and accountability, it was rightly suggested that responsibility does not just lie with the Minister. He is not approving...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: I do not want to be provided with it but if a contracts register is maintained, it might facilitate answering the parliamentary questions I mentioned earlier and might be the first port of call.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Does the Comptroller and Auditor General believe the contracts register maintained by the Department of housing is adequate?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: That is something I did not know and now I do, so that is beneficial. Is it possible for the Department to have a contracts register that captures-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: I appreciate that. I move to my second question. I know Deputy Connolly is gone now but in Galway we have not wanted for resources behind the Galway city ring road. The only thing holding it up has been objectors. I want to highlight that point. Millions have been spent on planning, design and consultation. More planners will not get the ring road built. It will take a decision by An...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the proposed introduction of a tax credit for gym membership or other physical activity-related expenses; if any assessment has been made on its potential impact on public health and activity levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has the responsibility for the section of the Clarin River that runs through Ballyboggan, Athenry County Galway; if he is aware that approximately 15 homes in this area are at serious risk of flooding and that, in the event of such a flood, residents would be effectively locked in their homes without...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 402. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current status of the approval process for the drug givinostat for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; if consideration is being given to its inclusion in an early access programme, similar to those operating in the United Kingdom and the United States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33312/25]

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: I found it interesting that there will be voluntary reporting. I presume there will be voluntary reporting guidelines and parameters. When the legislation is transposed and implemented and companies start reporting, how will we ensure the voluntary element is not seen as a cop-out or an opportunity to skirt the guidelines? I would appreciate any thoughts on that.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: In the case of a larger company that is in scope-----

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: The voluntary standards do not apply. If, however, in meeting its obligations, a larger company has to get information from a smaller company that may be one of its main suppliers of an element or a product it is making or whatever, that is a voluntary matter for the smaller company.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Okay, but a larger company can request of a smaller company that it meet those voluntary standards.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: That is helpful. I am conscious the time goes quickly but-----

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: That is helpful. Has the Department conducted or commissioned any impact assessment or cost-benefit analysis of the implementation of the CSRD and the CSDDD in Ireland?

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: For the CSDDD specifically, how does the Department intend to designate a supervisory authority and what powers will it have to ensure compliance?

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: What is the Department's assessment of the administrative and financial burden of the CSRD on Irish enterprises, especially SMEs and indigenous supply chains? I take it that a lot of the SMEs are scoped out but does the Department have an assessment of what that administrative and financial burden will be for the larger companies that are in scope?

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Is there any anticipation of what the general cost will be for a company that is in scope? Will it be 1% of revenue or another percentage?

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: That is okay. It was just something I was curious about. This question might be a bit premature as well but is the Department considering a phased or proportionate implementation of the CSDDD?