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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress with the Connacht-Ulster Alliance following its application for a technological university; the likely timeline involved; if this can be accelerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options being put in place by his Department to fund large-scale capital projects for education and training boards; if the eligibility for funding will include the construction of new headquarters buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36834/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Statement of Strategy 2022-2024 for An Garda Síochána; if her attention has been drawn to plans to expand the Garda Information Services Centre in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36815/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reviewing the application fees for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; if consideration will be given to a weighted reduction in application fees for persons that have been resident in Ireland for significantly longer periods than the minimum eligibility requirements; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí within the Mayo division from 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her Department’s policy position on joint policing committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36935/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (6 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to support organisations wishing to establish new family resource centres; if a capital funding scheme to build new family resource centres will be put in place; the supports that can be offered in the interim to groups such as in the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for a person (details supplied); the reason the referral has been withdrawn; and the plan in place for services going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29619/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the recommendation of the working group 4 within Project Woodland with respect to its recommendation that an independent review of the regulatory process takes place; if he plans to act on this recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36353/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his officials have had with the European Commission in relation to the forthcoming EU Forest Strategy; the information that has been received from the European Commission on the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an analysis on job losses in the forestry and timber industry as a result of the licensing crisis; if so, if financial supports will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of felling licences; the number of licences applied for in 2020 and to date in 2021; the processing metrics associated with the applications; the actions being implemented to speed-up processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36356/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: I am remotely logged in. I understand the limitations on my privilege. I have just two brief questions. One is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: I would like to welcome our guests. I wish to start by focusing on the GMIT Mayo campus. My first question relates to the duties and responsibility of the HEA in respect of the delivery and implementation of the 33 recommendations from the working group report that was published in 2018. Does Dr. Wall accept that the HEA has failed on the delivery of the recommendations following the...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: What level of consultation did the HEA have on the implementation of the recommendations? It is quite clear that both GMIT, in consultation with the HEA, had responsibility for delivering these recommendations. It is clearly summarised that 13 out of 33 recommendations, or 39%, are reasonably established in terms of their implementation. The report also states that a further 14 have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: Has the report been brought to the Department's attention? I am referencing a paragraph, contained in the letter in respect of the review of the implementation report, which states that 2021 is year four of the five years of ring-fenced funding for the Mayo campus. It states that the question of long-term sustainability of the campus post-ring-fenced funding needs to be considered. What...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: When are these discussions expected to take place?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: On the ring-fenced funding of €750,000 per annum over a five-year period, did taxpayers get value for money regarding how that money was spent?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: That is not necessarily the case when you look at what the money is actually being used for. The primary, principal and expected use would have been to implement the recommendations and put the campus on a better financial footing. However, what we have seen from the HEA correspondence is that it is being used to service the deficit.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: We are four years down the road and we still do not know. We still do not have a plan. That is what Dr. Wall is saying today.