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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: Family carers are the backbone of care provision and an essential pillar in our healthcare system. It is increasingly clear the classification of carer's allowance as a social assistance payment does not recognise the uniqueness of family carers within our social welfare system. Many family carers I have spoken to feel strongly the means test for the allowance needs to be overhauled. As...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (4 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a driver licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21995/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (4 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department will review current procedures to implement an exchange system (details supplied) for Irish persons returning home from designated countries to avail of Irish driving licences under a similar policy to make it easier to move around and access work, school or other vital public services when home.; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will conduct a review of the job description associated with principal teachers which has not been updated since 1973 (details supplied). [21873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when approval will issue for a short-term visa application by a person (details supplied). [21825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (4 May 2022)

Alan Dillon: 526. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of those in County Mayo who are diabetic pump patients in tabular form. [22217/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: I have received many queries from Irish people who are returning home to live from parts of Canada and the US and whose driving licenses are non-exchangeable. We understand the biggest difficulties facing Irish citizens returning home are the cost of car insurance and applying for a driving licence. While I welcome the announcement to authorise the exchange of Ukrainian driving licences...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome our guests and thank them for their continued efforts and work over recent months and years, especially through Covid. My first question relates to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's 2020 spending review of the performance targets in policing, and to the Department of Justice’s evaluation in light of the level of management information currently being...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan for his briefing. On the mechanisms in place for the Department, if An Garda Síochána does not meet its performance indicators, what type of procedures are in place, or how is that being dealt with?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: I refer to setting 2021 or 2022 performance indicators. I welcome the additional expenditure allocated to Garda resources and to administrative staff. What are the Department's priorities regarding the allocation of resources as we move forward? As we move into a new policing model, where does the Department see challenges?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: On the expenditure and the Vote associated with that-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: I assume it is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank Ms McPhillips for that response. On IT, we hear a lot at joint policing committees with local authorities around community-based CCTV grants. In the Department's current expenditure, can the officials give us some indication of what the grant allocation has been over the last number of years and the demand for this type of assistance from the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: Yes. It is administered to the Department of Justice, in terms of the applications and forms. I move on to the miscellaneous items in note 6 on commissions and special inquiries. Will the officials provide the committee with an update on the ongoing expenditure on the permanent commissions and also the fixed-purpose commissions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank Ms McPhillips. I raise the item on training and development and incidental expenses. For the benefit of the committee, the officials might be able to provide a breakdown of the incidental expenditure that included €18.7 million for 2020.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: On the EU directive not being implemented more efficiently to avoid the payment of a fine, will Ms McPhillips provide some information on why that was the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: Have those two additional directives been transposed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: Are there any fines on the way or have all fines been paid to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Alan Dillon: It has been finalised.