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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the Minister of State to the committee. I thank him for all his work to date and for the funding announcement this week. Regarding the €22 million invested through the Women in Sport programme, the NGBs and the local sport partnerships, does the Minister of State feel that this is value for money based on the current trends of gender participation rates? Can he outline...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I will focus on the most recent announcement of €20 million being allocated to the GAA as part of a Covid supplementary fund. What proportion of that is allocated to the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association, the Camogie Association or GAA Handball? I would like to hear the Minister of State's thoughts on this. I feel that the one-club model should now become the blueprint for men and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to introduce legislation or other measures from an environmental protection perspective to improve air and dust quality around quarries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises connected in County Mayo as part of the National Broadband Plan; the efforts being undertaken to ramp-up the speed of the roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 532. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being undertaken to improve waiting times for paediatric orthopaedic care, in particular, for patients with spina bifida and hydrocephalus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 543. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the HSE capital programme for 2022; and the projects, including timelines for start and completion dates, in tabular form. [61157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the regularity with which he meets the HSE capital projects and estate team to review capital development proposals that progress through a number of approval stages in line with the public spending code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the national youth mental health task force, in particular the youth mental health pathfinder project; if a pathfinder team is now in place; if so, the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE grade and type of professionals working in the HSE capital and estates division, by community healthcare organisation, CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61160/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the HSE capital and estates division engage with external design consultancy companies on the delivery of capital projects compared with internal inhouse design reviews; the level of HSE expenditure in the past three years on external service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61161/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered public private partnerships to deliver on the HSE capital programme commitment to help address the existing infrastructural deficits with regard to clinical, HIQA and building standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of CAP funding for Leader; if consideration is being given to increasing the budget for the Leader Programme 2023-2027; the efforts being undertaken to drive bottom-up community-led investment to create and sustain employment in rural Ireland as per the high-level ambitions of Leader 2023-2027 outlined in the draft CAP...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 815. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of her Department’s engagement with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in finalising funding for LEADER; the efforts being to maximise the budget for LEADER as part of the CAP strategic plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61155/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome all our representative groups and guests to today's session. It is crucial that we take time to discuss the issues of child poverty and how we respond to it as a country. Every child should have the best start in life. It is not acceptable to me or, I am sure, any other member of the committee that children continue to live in poverty in Ireland. As a Deputy, I have countless...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: Regarding poverty being linked to geography, a report in 2020 from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, as it then was, titled, Income, Poverty and Deprivation Among Children: A Statistical Baseline Analysis, found that "Children living in regions other than Dublin display[ed] the highest poverty risk", and that "Households in rural areas [had] the highest levels of child poverty in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome our guests and compliment them on the fantastic service they given to the Government over the past 21 months. The Department has certainly delivered. I commend Mr. McKeon who outlined in his opening statement on the manner in which it has built two IT systems. This has shown the level of delivery within the system and other Government Departments - the HSE comes to mind - might...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: We have had an interdepartmental report on the viability of the post office network. I would ask that this matter be addressed in a speedy manner. I have reviewed the Department's documents in terms of its compliance. The strategy outlines four key pillars, namely, prevent, detect, deter and account. As PUP is reopening, will the Department now be asking applicants to present to Intreo...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: At what stage did the Department start using Revenue's real-time information system in respect of the PUP scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: Am I correct that the Department intends to use it for non-pandemic related schemes into the future?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: The Department of Social Protection is one of the largest Departments and has more than 6,000 staff. What percentage of its staff have been working remotely for the past 21 months and what impact has that had on service delivery?