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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.

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

Alan Dillon: I will be very brief. Dr. Wall mentioned weaknesses in the HEA's internal systems. Will he explain the HEA's procurement systems for external service providers? As an example, Mazars completed the working group's report. Will Dr. Wall explain how the HEA procured its services?

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

Alan Dillon: What was the overall cost?

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

Alan Dillon: Were the authors of the report generated aligned with the HEA in any way? Were they ex-employees? Were they completely independent of the HEA?

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

Alan Dillon: Was that so in this specific case?

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

Alan Dillon: Will the witnesses come back to me with a note on the overall cost?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister. I understand that Project Ireland 2040 commits to spending €8.8 billion on primary and post-primary school buildings. It is welcome that this ensures students in all post-primary schools will have access to appropriate facilities, such as PE halls. It is hugely important that we ensure PE halls and the modernisation programmes are rolled out as quickly as...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the provision of multi-use sports halls in primary and post-primary schools; the annual allocations approved nationally for multi-use sports halls, general purpose halls and physical education facilities from 2019; the details of similar projects in County Mayo under consideration by her Department; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (1 Jul 2021)

Alan Dillon: Our schools need access to multipurpose spaces that will allow for greater physical activity and a safer space for school communities together. There is easily one school in every constituency where the communal spaces are inadequate. Greater availability of such spaces has become a real necessity with the onset of the pandemic. Additional spaces would allow for greater flexibility in our...