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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (6 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: 27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to receive the report of the Future of Media Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48409/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: 1. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the current situation in which tour operators whose businesses are based in Ireland and offer day trips to tourist destinations in the north of Ireland have not been eligible for State supports despite the facts that northern tourist attractions generate international tourism to Ireland given the importance of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: I ask the Minister for her views on the current situation in which tour operators whose businesses are based in Ireland and who offer day trips to tourist destinations up North have not been eligible for State supports despite the fact that Northern Ireland tourist attractions generate international tourism to Ireland, and given the importance of cross-Border co-operation in terms of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: We recognise that the issue relates to eligibility, and particularly under the scheme, but it seems to me that Fáilte Ireland has decided that this particular business does not drive tourist traffic into the State. We need to look at tourism on an all-island basis. As the Minister has said, Tourism Ireland has done a great job and the island is marketed abroad as one country. These...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: The Minister will be aware that Tourism Ireland was set up under the Good Friday Agreement. I have said already that these tour operator companies are based in the South. The only wrongdoing they might do is to go across the Border for a night or two during a tour of seven to ten days. I will certainly see what we can do from our end. The Minister has said that it is in the Act but Acts...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: The Minister will be aware that the childcare crisis has been ongoing for years. It has been ignored by successive Governments, which have been more than happy to leave the enormous burden of paying for childcare to parents while the sector struggles with low pay for childcare professionals and providers struggle. Fine Gael has been in power for ten years now and nothing has changed. With...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Heritage Sites (5 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the process of the transfer of the Shannon Heritage sites to the local authority including a progress report and a timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Heritage Sites (5 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the engagement that has taken place between Shannon Heritage, the local authorities and other relevant stakeholders with those who hold leases at these sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (5 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: 538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the Defamation Act 2009; the date for the expected completion of that review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48325/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Imelda Munster: The Government gave a commitment to support independent living for elderly and disabled persons, yet waiting lists for housing adaptation grants and housing aid for the elderly continue to increase in every local authority. Louth County Council alone has 743 older people waiting on grants to adopt their homes. Of those, 481 were carried over from last year. The Government gave the council...

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

Imelda Munster: I apologise for being a bit late arriving. Was it 2,445 houses in total that were delivered to councils or approved housing bodies by 2018 or did NAMA only provide around 500 between 2015 and 2018?

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

Imelda Munster: NAMA is ahead of that. Is it true that more than half of the houses were social housing acquired from NAMA debtors, who were leasing to approved housing bodies?

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

Imelda Munster: Am I correct in saying that, in reality, rather than delivering 2,500 social houses, NAMA facilitated 1,300 houses to remain as social housing and then brought a further 1,200 into the market?

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

Imelda Munster: Accepting that it was a secondary goal, having spent the best part of €40 billion bringing the 1,200 homes into the social housing stock over six or seven years, does Mr. McDonagh not think that is a bit underwhelming?

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

Imelda Munster: I imagine it was a funding issue from the perspective of the local authorities. They were trying to get the funding to purchase the houses. I will move on to the commercial residential targets. In 2015, NAMA set a target of 20,000 units and by the end of 2018 the delivery date was changed to the end of 2021 and the target was revised down by a third. What happened in the intervening...

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

Imelda Munster: How many have been delivered to date? What was NAMA's projection?

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

Imelda Munster: It is my understanding that NAMA sold sites that had the capacity for up to 81,000 units. It has only brought 6,800 to the market. Will Mr. McDonagh give the committee some insight into NAMA's thinking on this?

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

Imelda Munster: Housing for All will see 1,400 homes transferred from NAMA to other State bodies but that seems paltry on NAMA's part, given the potential for 81,000. How was the figure of 1,400 arrived at?

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

Imelda Munster: Did the Minister ask NAMA how many it could provide?

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

Imelda Munster: Did the Minister ask how many NAMA could provide or did he ask for 1,400 or another amount specifically?