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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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 319. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider increasing the threshold for relief on importation of gifts from non-EU countries from customs duty of €45 in order to support families receiving gifts outside of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider launching a campaign in schools advising of the health dangers of obesity and measures of prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63614/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. I will start with the issue of cocaine and crack cocaine, the use of which has hugely increased in the last number of years. I understand that there were more than 50 deaths in 2017 as result of crack cocaine, but I do not have more up-to-date figures. What action is being taken to deal with this? It is a new challenge in the past four...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I am aware that the €850,000 has been made available but can we see action in the next two to three months? It is fine to allocate the money but we need to see actual action on it. It is a growing problem and is becoming very serious in certain communities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Will the report that is due out tomorrow have recommendations and what kind of timescale are we talking about for the implementation of those recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Walsh. Can I go back to the Minister of State, please, on the funding for community services? My understanding is that moneys were allocated for community services. How will that be implemented and are all areas in the country to be taken into account in dealing with the support funding that is required at community level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: The Minister of State is saying that this funding has been allocated to nine different CHOs. Is he satisfied that that is catering for a sufficient number of groups across the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: If a community comes to the HSE or to the Department over the next 12 to 18 months, will their concerns be taken on board in respect of receiving the necessary support because the reaction time seems to be very slow? The big concern that is being raised with me by communities is the delay in getting access to the necessary support.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Finally, on support within the HSE, is there an adequate number of people available with the expertise to assist with communities? Do more people need to be recruited in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to amending the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants to ensure that those for whom European Union treaty right permission has been revoked and who have been placed on temporary visas will be eligible to apply for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe envisaged for applications to the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants to be processed and completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2396/22]