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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: It was with regard to the €27 million surplus that was used.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Griffin very much.

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the publication of the report into the mother and baby homes. Its publication brings to the surface the many dark and extremely oppressive, depressing and aggressive actions of many of these so-called homes. This report is an important document which gives voice to the experiences of some of the most vulnerable in our society across many decades. The survivors showed immense...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consult his ministerial colleagues, given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and consider the introduction of legislation to amend electricity standing charges to support businesses, particularly those in the hospitality sector that are currently closed or operating at a very low level; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consult with his ministerial colleagues, given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and consider the introduction of legislation to amend electricity standing charges to support businesses, particularly those in the hospitality sector that are currently closed or operating at a very low level; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS will contact a person (details supplied) in order to resolve outstanding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2942/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues in a residential area (details supplied); and if he will raise the matter with the RSA and request it to remove any designation of this quiet residential area as an official and unofficial testing zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular with the advent of the B117 variant, if he will advise the actions he is taking to support taxi drivers; and if he will consider establishing a working group in his Department to liaise with stakeholders and set out a scheme to allow drivers over 65 years of age exit the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is provision for the hotel industry during the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of annual standing charges (details supplied). [2947/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a national scheme or introduce legislation to protect consumer deposits below a certain threshold from negative interest rates, given recent reports that credit unions are being compelled to consider charging their customers fees or negative interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consult with her ministerial colleagues, given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and consider the introduction of legislation to amend electricity standing charges to support businesses, particularly those in the hospitality sector that are currently closed or operating at a very low level; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans to increase the provision of affordable housing; if he will consider increasing income thresholds for buyers in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2663/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the progress by the Land Development Agency, LDA, on developing social and affordable housing on lands at Shanganagh Castle, Shankill, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2664/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social and affordable housing developments under construction across the four Dublin local authorities; the number of units, location and expected completion date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2665/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent damage to Coliemore Harbour that has rendered it virtually unusable (details supplied); the actions his Department and the National Monument Service have taken, in conjunction with the local authority, to repair the damage caused in August 2020; if he will provide a schedule for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2955/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidelines on Mental Health (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing emergency funding and-or advice to schools to allow them reach out to pupils at risk given reports of an increase in suicide rates among young persons during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending pandemic unemployment payment eligibility to anyone who is off work to care for an elderly or sick relative during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the SUSI arrangements in respect of orphans to allow them attend higher education programmes in private colleges in which some specialist programmes may not be listed by the Central Applications Office, CAO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a campaign, including information at Garda stations and advertising in local media, to notify the public and stakeholders regarding the new Covid regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2952/21]