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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with the HEA in relation to a GMIT decision to redeploy the GMIT Mayo campus business department to Galway with staff now reporting to Galway management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30923/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a decision will be made on a permanent vice president for the GMIT Mayo campus; the date on which he plans to fill this post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30924/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the working group’s recommendations published in 2018, in tabular form (details supplied); the status of each recommendation over the period 2018 to 2022; when a review of progress at the end of year two will be completed by the HEA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30925/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the formal progress reports submitted to the GMIT governing body and the HEA every four months since the establishment of the working group’s recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30926/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure associated with the ring-fenced yearly funding of €750,000 for the GMIT Mayo campus that was allocated from 2018 to 2022 while the working group’s plan is being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30927/20]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: Good afternoon everyone. This is my first time to chair the committee as Vice Chairman and I am delighted to get the opportunity and privilege to do so. We have received apologies from the Chairperson, Deputy Smyth and from Deputy Munster. I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones or to switch them to flight mode as they interfere with the sound system and make it...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: I thank Ms Dorgan for her opening statement. I call on Senator Malcolm Byrne.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: We will be dealing with correspondence in our private session. I will make a record of the issue.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: We are short on time so I ask members to keep their contributions short. I call Senator Cassells.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: We cannot hear Mr. O'Brien.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: Given the technical interruptions we will move on.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: I call Senator Hoey.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: I sincerely thank Ms Dorgan and her esteemed colleagues, Mr. O'Brien and Ms O'Donoghue, for attending. This is my first day operating as Vice Chairman and I have just gone 35 minutes over time.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: It was a very worthwhile discussion. It has given all of us members of this committee an important insight into the council for the arts. We look forward to inviting Ms Dorgan back in the near future, especially on the recovery task force for the arts and culture. That is an important element in order to give us visibility on the challenges to ensure that the sector gets back to pre-Covid...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: I welcome Mr. McDonagh and the other witnesses to the committee. I will primarily focus on the organisation and staff of NAMA. I see from the report that NAMA has had year-on-year growth in staff numbers from 2010 to 2014, resulting in 369 employees at the end of 2014. What are the current numbers of staff in contracted employment with NAMA? What is the gender balance of that? What...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: Mr. McDonagh said that in 2019, NAMA had 211 employees. Some 19 of these were made redundant, sharing €1.01 million in redundancy payments. In light of NAMA's wind-down, how many redundancies is it expecting in 2020 and what strategies is it using to retain staff?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: Of those 33 who were offered redundancies in 2020, I see that in last year's payout, €655,000 was paid out to 20 members of staff who were on garden leave. Will these 33 redundancies also remunerate garden leave? Can Mr. McDonagh let members know what garden leave is and the reason why those staff were on garden leave?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: Does NAMA record that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: In the annual records?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Alan Dillon: Mr. McDonagh has answered my question on garden leave, on top of redundancies. Does Mr. McDonagh feel that was appropriate and will we see that happening in the future? I see that NAMA has reduced the outstanding loans to €1.8 billion and the number of debtors to over 200. Mr. McDonagh said that NAMA should be wound down by 2025 so will there be a year-by-year reduction in redundancies?