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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?

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: In terms of the Department's offices, is there regional spread throughout Ireland, does Mr. McKeon think remote working will become the norm and, if so, what impact might that have on the Department within the public sector?

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: That is good to hear. I ask Mr. McKeon not to forget Mayo.

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: Community employment is a major issue in rural communities. Mr. McKeon previously mentioned some difficulty in terms of referrals. What steps are being taken to address this? Community employment is an important scheme for many of the communities with which I have constant engagement. Is there a plan in place to mitigate the issue that has been highlighted to the Department in recent months?

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: The time has elapsed. I ask that we conclude the debate.

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Naughten for clarifying that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister for her response. I know Our Rural Future aims to expand the town and village renewal scheme as a key enabler in bringing vacant and derelict buildings back into multipurpose spaces and for residential use. I raised the issue of dereliction in our towns and villages at a Topical Issues debate with Deputy Stanton, who is in the Chamber. I note with interest the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department is supporting the repurposing of landmark buildings in town and village centres for providing new services such as remote working or innovation hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60224/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: It is vitally important we protect our landmark buildings in our towns and villages, as they are often an important centrepiece in their communities. It was great to have the Minister in Swinford last May, where she saw, first hand, the remodelling of the old courthouse into the new DigiWest hub. Many towns and villages in Mayo are working to achieve similar outcomes to what was done in...