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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. Quinlan have anything to add?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rate of expenditure of funding from his Department for the provision or enhancement of housing for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3193/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in relation to expanding the Housing First approach to supporting persons experiencing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rate of expenditure of funding from his Department for the provision or enhancement of housing for persons with a disability per local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private roads issued on the forestry licensing dashboard on week 2 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3469/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to increasing the resources of her Department for the basic income for the arts pilot scheme in the event of significant demand for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2378/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that her Department plans to award payments to all successful applicants to the proposed basic income for the arts pilot scheme; if the number of applications far exceeds the allocated funding of €25 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2379/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I wish to ask about the carryover of projects. Does the Minister believe we can get many of the projects that were delayed completed by the end of 2022? What process is being put in place to ensure we can meet the targets that have been set out?

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the latest Exchequer figures which showed a record €9.9 billion in gross capital expenditure in 2021; the way the 2021 figure for spending under the national development plan will compare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Can the Minister set out the detail of the latest Exchequer figures, which show a record €9.9 billion in gross capital expenditure in 2021, and the way the 2021 figure for spending on our national development plan will compare, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I will refer back to the €580 million underspend. Is any review being carried out of the way public service contracts are processed? I refer particularly to the tendering process and the delay in the acceptance of the contract. In the last six or seven months we have had inflation in the building sector, which has caused its own problem about acceptance of tenders. Is any review...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I apologise that I was not able to join the meeting at the start because I was making a contribution in the Dáil. I thank the director general and the other representatives of RTÉ for coming before us and dealing with our questions. I might start with the appointment of Willis Towers Watson review and the fact there are more than 164 different pay grades within RTÉ. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Have the board and Ms Forbes as director general set targets? I was involved in a company a number of years ago in which it took us 11 years to make progress on an issue like this. I am bit concerned, given there are 167 different grades, as to how RTÉ can put in place a simpler process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I think there are 1,866 employees within RTÉ and the 2020 figure was 1,758 full-time equivalents. Of that 1,866, how many earn under €100,000 and how many earn more than that? There seems to be a significant variation, given there are 167 different grades.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I might move on to the issue of non-licence fee revenue. My understanding is licence fee revenue accounts for 59% of the total, while the figure for non-licence fee revenue is 41%. Does RTÉ foresee an increase in how much money can come in from sources other than licence fees over the next three to four years? Is there any plan in place to deal with that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I will move on to the issue of the licence fee. Ms Forbes has spoken on a number of occasions about an increase in the licence fee and value for money. An Post is involved in the collection of fees and approximately 15% of people now say that they are not accessing the service. Can there be a better structure put in place for the collection of licence fees than what currently is there and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Will that review occur within the next 12 months and has Ms Forbes any indication that it will arise?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: On the review of the licensing system, where are we on the discussion on that issue and what progress will be made over the next 12 months?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank Ms Forbes.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the composition of the €580 million unused gross capital expenditure allocation for 2021 as identified in the end of year Exchequer figures published earlier in January 2022; the way the funds will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2377/22]