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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for the strategic rail review; if the western rail corridor forms part of the review; when he expects a draft version to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49166/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sports Funding (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if the underspend from the stay and spend scheme will be considered to go toward sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49087/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the total contributions approach for calculating the State pension (contributory) to those who have not accumulated PRSI contributions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49169/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Prices (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider that all persons aged 70 and over qualify for the fuel allowance to reflect the increased cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49188/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the old age pension in Budget 2022 in view of the rising cost of living and the pressure that the costs are putting pensioners under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49427/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 369. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to revaluate the ECCE capitation for childcare providers to reflect the increased cost of living and rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49687/21]

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the Minister's updates in the House and her ongoing efforts in the recovery of our tourism, with the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, updating us on the aviation sector. Having listened to the contributions of Deputies all over the country, I echo the importance of tourism to the real economy and the constituency I represent. I wish to highlight the continued need to ensure...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome our guests. They referred to losses incurred by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund. At the end of December 2020, the ISIF had net assets of €12.7 billion, while in 2019, the figure was €15 billion. That amounts to a decrease of €3 billion in the directed investment portfolio, from €7 billion to €4 billion. Our guests stated that is due to a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Has the NTMA reduced its shareholding in either Bank of Ireland or AIB since the end of 2020?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: In 2021, what was the return on the sale of Bank of Ireland shares? Have any AIB shares been sold to date in 2021?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: I will move on to the pandemic stabilisation and recovery fund. The ISIF made a fund of €2 billion available on the Minister's instructions in May 2020. As was stated earlier, the fund sought to support medium and large enterprises affected by the pandemic. One of the criteria was that the enterprises would have more than 250 employees. In regard to the fund of €2 billion...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: How many companies in total have entered this programme of funding?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Does the NTMA expect to see a return on this investment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Our aviation sector has been significantly impacted. There has been investment in Aer Lingus and the DAA. Will Mr. O'Kelly outline the figure in the pandemic stabilisation and recovery fund portfolio that has supported those two businesses, specifically?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: The Minister last year directed the NTMA to transfer the balance of €1.5 billion to the national surplus reserve fund and the Exchequer . What is the status of the fund? The budget is upon us and we need to get an understanding of the status of our rainy day fund.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: Was there a cost to the State in converting that asset into cash in order that it could be transferred back into the Exchequer?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: I want to raise the serious issues and challenges raising farmers’ livelihoods and that of the agricultural sector. Irish farmers are facing some key challenges around the climate action Bill, CAP reform and eco-schemes, as well as in respect of Government supports for the agricultural sector. It is critical that the Government increases funding to deliver proper supports to our most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (6 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 103. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and the process for the commitment to introduce a statutory homecare scheme to ensure equitable allocation of resources to persons requiring homecare and licensing and regulation of homecare service providers to safeguard its provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48419/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 104. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employed home help staff under CHO2 for counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; the current annual budget for each county; the calculated HSE delivery care cost per hour compared to outsourced or private providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48420/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (6 Oct 2021)

Alan Dillon: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to expand dementia day care services in County Mayo; the engagement his Department has had with organisations (details supplied) on increasing the delivery of services in the county through capital investment and nursing supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48530/21]