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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: How many HAP tenancies are on the Department's books?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: The Department only inspects, possibly, one third of properties.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Has the Department a timeline for that? How will it happen? Are there fines to be paid in 2022? If so, when does the Department expect them to be paid, and at what cost?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: When does Galway County Council expect to initiate planning enforcement proceedings against the development? Can fines paid to date be recouped from the ESB?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Does the Department intend to recoup the fines it has paid to the European Commission?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: That is an issue in that the funding could have been used for other activities. I want to move on to the cost of the housing assistance payment, HAP, to the Exchequer. I see from the appropriation accounts that €465 million was allocated in 2020. Notwithstanding the increased costs in the rental market, that the maximum rent payable under the HAP scheme has not been revised since...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Can Mr. Doyle outline specific improvements?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank Ms Stapleton very much for that update. May I focus specifically on the extent of top-up payments that HAP tenants must make to landlords? At this point in time, early in 2022, all Deputies will say the number of calls to their offices from tenants who have been subjected to top-up payments associated with increased rents has been enormous. What mechanisms are in place within the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome our guests and I thank them for the briefing notes and the opening statement supplied in advance. It is a broad appropriation account, and we could probably spend a week delving into the important matters that it covers. I compliment the Secretary General, the Department and its officials on delivering on the work programme. It is extremely ambitious and the commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Offshore Islands (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the provision of a helipad on Inishturk island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of connected hubs in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8780/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the significant changes that Castlebar Garda station has undergone in terms of additional resources, hubs, business supports since 2019, when it was assigned the divisional headquarters for the new north-west region covering counties Mayo, Roscommon and Longford. [8678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 338. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that will be allocated in 2022 for works on Achill island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 339. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that will be allocated in 2022 for community centres in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8782/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if allowances can be made for the small number of inshore fishery vessels to access the Brexit Inshore Fisheries business model adjustment scheme as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8682/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget that has been allocated for the 2022 Brexit inshore fisheries business model adjustment scheme; and the reason for excluding boats under 18 metres who have received payment under the Brexit temporary tie-up scheme. [8711/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 95. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that day services for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients have yet to reopen in County Mayo (details supplied); if there are proposals to ensure such services reopen in line with the rest of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the extension of the emergency department and associated works at Mayo University Hospital; the steps that are being taken to accelerate the project timeline; if progress has been made on replacing the CT scanner at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7952/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with airlines to highlighting the need to check passport expiry dates when purchasing flights; the guidelines or requirements that are currently in place for airlines to ensure consumers are protected from purchasing flights without having a valid passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will conduct a review of the living cities initiative to identify the way that the scheme can be extended further through interrelated plans and including other locations which would offer incentives for property owners to renovate and regenerate vacant and derelict sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7461/22]